Author: U.S. Marine Corps
Publisher: Cosimo Reports
Keywords: warfighting
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 2007-03-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1602060592
ISBN-13: 9781602060593

The United States Marine Corps is the largest such force on the planet, and yet it is the smallest, most elite section of the U.S. military, one with a long and storied history. Here, in the most current version of the manual used by the Corps itself, is an explanation of the philosophy that makes the Marine Corps unique-here are the concepts and values behind how the Corps fights. Topics discussed include: . war defined . the science, art, and dynamic of war . war as an act of policy . styles of warfare . professional military education . the philosophy of command . and more. Mi

Author: Richard A. Ka
Publisher: Ccrp Publication Serie
Keywords: experiments, warfighting, logic
Number of Pages: 194
Published: 2006-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1893723194
ISBN-13: 9781893723191

The Logic of Warfighting Experiments Author: Richard A. KassPublisher: Ccrp Publication SeriesBuy New: $24.95as of 12/11/2009 10:52 CST details New (3) Used (4) from $14.06Seller: aliand_booksSales Rank: 3048328Media: HardcoverPages: 194Number Of Items: 1ISBN: 1893723194EAN: 9781893723191ASIN: 1893723194Publication Date: January 2006Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Author: Terry C Pierce
Publisher: Frank Cass
Keywords: innovation, disguising, technologies, disruptive, warfighting
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2005-02-28
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0415701899
ISBN-13: 9780415701891

Occasionally, militaries during times of peace achieve major warfighting innovations. Terry Pierce calls these ’disruptive innovations’. The more common innovation phenomenon, however, has been that of integrating new technologies to help perform existing missions better and not change them radically. The author calls these ’sustaining innovations’. The central theme of this book is that senior leaders who have successfully managed disruptive innovations disguised them as sustaining in order to ensure their innovations survived.The recent innovation history suggests two

Author: Robert W. Button
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: joint, sea, base, forces, warfighting, support, logistic
Number of Pages: 140
Published: 2007-12-25
List price: $37.00
ISBN-10: 0833041959
ISBN-13: 9780833041951

Sea Basing, a concept fundamental to the U.S. Navy’s operational vision for the 21st century, is intended to use the flexibility and protection provided by the sea base while minimizing the presence of forces ashore. This study analyzed the feasibility of simultaneously sustaining Marine Corps and Army elements ashore from a sea base or of moving an Army element in a reasonable period while sustaining a Marine Corps ground element already ashore.

Authors:Mark A. Ryan, David Michael Finkelstein, Michael A.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Keywords: gate, books, east, experience, warfighting, pla, chinese
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2003-04
List price: $86.95
ISBN-10: 0765610876
ISBN-13: 9780765610874

This is the first systematic study of modern China’s military campaigns and the actual fighting conducted by the People’s Liberation Army since the founding of the People’s Republic. It provides a general overview of the evolution of PLA military doctrine, and then focuses on major combat episodes from the civil war with the Nationalists to the last significant combat in Vietnam in 1979, in addition to navy and air operations through 1999. In contrast to the many works on the specifics and hardware of China’s military modernization, this book discusses such topics as mi

Authors:Mark A. Ryan, David Michael Finkelstein, Michael A.
Publisher: East Gate Book
Keywords: gate, books, east, experience, warfighting, pla, chinese
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2003-04
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0765610884
ISBN-13: 9780765610881

This is the first systematic study of modern China’s military campaigns and the actual fighting conducted by the People’s Liberation Army since the founding of the People’s Republic. It provides a general overview of the evolution of PLA military doctrine, and then focuses on major combat episodes from the civil war with the Nationalists to the last significant combat in Vietnam in 1979, in addition to navy and air operations through 1999. In contrast to the many works on the specifics and hardware of China’s military modernization, this book discusses such topics as mi