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The new defense challenge confronting the United States involves a range of nontraditional warfare threats that are far different from the large-scale conventional or nuclear threats posed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Now at the forefront, thr.
The Battle of Kursk was one of the defining moments of World War II. In July 1943, German forces under Erich von Manstein--one of Germany’s best generals--launched a massive attack in an offensive code-named Citadel. A week later, the Soviets counterattacked, sparking a huge clash of tanks at Prokhorovka, the largest armor battle in history, pitting more than 600 Soviet tanks against some 300 German panzers. Though the Germans gained a tactical victory, destroying huge numbers of Soviet tanks, they failed to achieve their objectives, and in the end the battle marked a turning point on the Eastern Front. The Red Army gained the strategic initiative and would not lose it.
This book provides a reference source for vital military and defence information.
This comprehensive reference lists every major military leader the world has ever known. From pre-Julius Caesar to General Schwarzkopf, this in-depth book has biographies and accurate profiles of each leaderʼs triumphs and failures. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography from Trevor N. Dupuy, Curt Johnson and David L. Bongard contains more than 3,000 entries of militarists and thinkers. Arranged alphabetically, the annotations include a brief overview of the subject, important dates and the major battles and campaigns they participated in. There is also an evaluation of each leaderʼs character, abilities and contribution, as well as a brief bibliography of the books written on the subject.
War by Numbers assesses the nature of conventional warfare through the analysis of historical combat. Christopher A. Lawrence establishes what we know about conventional combat and why we know it. By demonstrating the impact a variety of factors have on combat he moves such analysis beyond the work of Carl von Clausewitz and into modern data and interpretation. Using vast data sets, Lawrence examines force ratios, the human factor in case studies from World War II and beyond, the combat value of superior situational awareness, and the effects of dispersion, among other elements. Lawrence challenges existing interpretations of conventional warfare and shows how such combat should be conducted in the future, simultaneously broadening our understanding of what it means to fight wars by the numbers.
Articles profiling important military leaders are arranged in A to Z format.
Features essays, statistical data, period photographs, maps, and documents.
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