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Scales on War : The Future of America's Military at Risk.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: La Vergne : Naval Institute Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (191 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781682471036
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Scales on WarDDC classification:
  • 355/.033573
LOC classification:
  • UA23.S335 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Two Unnecessary Heroes -- 2. The Cinderella Service -- 3. The American Era of War -- 4. Adaptive Enemies -- 5. Forecasting War -- 6. The New Age of Infantry -- 7. Small-Unit Dominance -- 8. War in Two Epochs: McChrystal and Patton -- 9. Feeding the Narrative -- 10. The Human Dimension -- 11. Intent and Intuition -- 12. Touch -- 13. Ripley's Ghost -- 14. The Unblinking Eye -- 15. Mother Ships and Battleship Bureaucrats -- 16. Firepower -- 17. Air Support to Soldiers and Marines -- 18. Win Forever . . . in Combat -- 19. Strategic Genius -- 20. The Draft -- 21. Earning the Right -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Scales on War is a collection of ideas, concepts and observations about contemporary war taken from over 30 years of research, writing and personal experience by retired Major General Bob Scales. The book melds Scales' unique style of writing that includes contemporary military history, current events and his philosophy of ground warfare to create a very personal and expansive view of where Americn defense policies are heading in the future. The book is a collection. Each chapter addresses distinct topics that embrace tactical ground warfare, future gazing, the draft and the role of women in the infantry. His uniting thesis is that throughout its history the United States has favored a technological approach to fighting its wars and has neglected its ground forces. America's enemies have learned though the experience of battle how to defeat American technology. The consequences of a learning and adaptive enemy has been a continuous string of battlefield defeats. Scales argues that only a resurgent land force of Army and Marine small units will restore America's fighting competence.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Two Unnecessary Heroes -- 2. The Cinderella Service -- 3. The American Era of War -- 4. Adaptive Enemies -- 5. Forecasting War -- 6. The New Age of Infantry -- 7. Small-Unit Dominance -- 8. War in Two Epochs: McChrystal and Patton -- 9. Feeding the Narrative -- 10. The Human Dimension -- 11. Intent and Intuition -- 12. Touch -- 13. Ripley's Ghost -- 14. The Unblinking Eye -- 15. Mother Ships and Battleship Bureaucrats -- 16. Firepower -- 17. Air Support to Soldiers and Marines -- 18. Win Forever . . . in Combat -- 19. Strategic Genius -- 20. The Draft -- 21. Earning the Right -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.

Scales on War is a collection of ideas, concepts and observations about contemporary war taken from over 30 years of research, writing and personal experience by retired Major General Bob Scales. The book melds Scales' unique style of writing that includes contemporary military history, current events and his philosophy of ground warfare to create a very personal and expansive view of where Americn defense policies are heading in the future. The book is a collection. Each chapter addresses distinct topics that embrace tactical ground warfare, future gazing, the draft and the role of women in the infantry. His uniting thesis is that throughout its history the United States has favored a technological approach to fighting its wars and has neglected its ground forces. America's enemies have learned though the experience of battle how to defeat American technology. The consequences of a learning and adaptive enemy has been a continuous string of battlefield defeats. Scales argues that only a resurgent land force of Army and Marine small units will restore America's fighting competence.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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