War by Numbers : Understanding Conventional Combat.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Understanding War -- 2. Force Ratios -- 3. Attacker versus Defender -- 4. Human Factors -- 5. Measuring Human Factors in Combat: Italy, 1943- 1944 -- 6. Measuring Human Factors in Combat: Ardennes and Kursk, July 1943 -- 7. Measuring Human Factors in Combat: Modern Wars -- 8. Outcome of Battles -- 9. Exchange Ratios -- 10. The Combat Value of Superior Situational Awareness -- 11. The Combat Value of Surprise -- 12. The Nature of Lower Levels of Combat -- 13. The Effects of Dispersion on Combat -- 14. Advance Rates -- 15. Casualties -- 16. Urban Legends -- 17. The Use of Case Studies -- 18. Modeling Warfare -- 19. Validation of the TNDM -- 20. Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Dupuy's Timeless Verities of Combat -- Appendix 2: Dupuy's Combat Advance Rate Verities -- Appendix 3: Dupuy's Combat Attrition Verities -- Notes -- Bibliography.

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