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The Changing Face of WarLearning from History |
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A collection of valuable lessons learned from military history.
One of the biggest problems facing military leaders is how to deal with situations that they have never confronted before. This collection of original essays, written by military professionals engaged in war studies at Royal Military College of Canada, demonstrates the value of historical study. The essays examine the past, present, and future of war to find solutions for the problems of today and tomorrow.
Part I deals with the evolution of military strategy and doctrine, from the Napoleonic Wars to today. Contributors look at the influence of great military thinkers, such as Carl von Clausewitz, on the armed forces of the Western world and examine how previous military leaders dealt with issues similar to those faced today, such as the effects of technology on strategy, the significance of the operational level of war, and ways of restructuring the armed forces in times of uncertainty and change. Part II examines warfare at the end of this century. Examples of the development of revolutionary warfare in Asia from Mao to Giap are used to underscore the cultural and situational influences on doctrines of revolutionary war. Part III looks at the future of conflict in the twenty-first century. Contributors investigate diverse issues, including the impact of computers on warfare, the effect of media coverage on strategy, space policy, arms control in the post-Cold War era, political systems and their relationship to the probability of war, and the prospects of stealth technology.
In an era when armed forces around the world have come under increasing scrutiny and criticism, this collection of essays provides valuable lessons that may avert future military mistakes.
Part I deals with the evolution of military strategy and doctrine, from the Napoleonic Wars to today. Contributors look at the influence of great military thinkers, such as Carl von Clausewitz, on the armed forces of the Western world and examine how previous military leaders dealt with issues similar to those faced today, such as the effects of technology on strategy, the significance of the operational level of war, and ways of restructuring the armed forces in times of uncertainty and change. Part II examines warfare at the end of this century. Examples of the development of revolutionary warfare in Asia from Mao to Giap are used to underscore the cultural and situational influences on doctrines of revolutionary war. Part III looks at the future of conflict in the twenty-first century. Contributors investigate diverse issues, including the impact of computers on warfare, the effect of media coverage on strategy, space policy, arms control in the post-Cold War era, political systems and their relationship to the probability of war, and the prospects of stealth technology.
In an era when armed forces around the world have come under increasing scrutiny and criticism, this collection of essays provides valuable lessons that may avert future military mistakes.
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ISBN 9780773517233
June 1998
Formats: Cloth, eBook
"The Changing Faces of War offers some fine examples of what scholarship and the past reveals to Canadian soldiers today." Marc Milner, Military and Strategic Studies Program, University of New Brunswick
Allan D. English teaches war studies and continuing education at the Royal Military College of Canada.
Foreword B. JOHN PLANT vii Preface RONALD HAYCOCK ix Editor's Preface ALLAN D. ENGLISH xi Introduction ALLAN D. ENGLISH 3 PART I: THE EVOLUTION OF MILITARY STRATEGY AND DOCTRINE 8 Clausewitz and His Influence on U.S.. and Canadian Military Doctrine LGOL RICHARD I. YOUNG 9 The Myth of Manoeuvre Warfare: Attrition in Military History CAPT PAUL JOHNSTON 22 Strategy and Technology in Transition: Moltke and the Prussian General Staff LCOL KENNETH M. NESBITT 33 A Study in Operational Command: Byng and the Canadian Corps LCOL IAN MCCULLOCH 50 An Example of Force Development: Tukhachevsky and the Soviet Art of Deep Battle MAJOR DUNCAN C.D. MILNE 67 The Problem of Army Renewal: Seeckt and the Reichswehr MAJOR ROBERT POIRIER 83 PART II: UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE Mao Zedong: A Peasant Who Learned from History CDR ROSS STRUTHERS 105 Revolutionary War: The Viet Minh and the First Indo-Chinese War CAPT NEAL ATTFIELD 120 Vo Nguyen Giap: A Strategy for Protracted Revolutionary War LCOL PAUL F. WYNNYK 135 Brown- Water Navies and Counterinsurgency Operations LCDR HAROLD J. HENDERSON 149 Eliminating the Shadows: Applying Counterinsurgency Doctrine to Peacekeeping MAJOR RICHARD ROY 168 PART III: CONFLICT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Computers and Strategy: It's the Thought That Counts MERVYN BERRIDGE-SILLS 181 Stealth Technology: A Revolution in Air Warfare? LCOL RONALD BLANK 197 Beyond the Line: Strategy in Support of Space Control CAPT JUSTIN SCHMIDT-CLEVER 213 Conventional Arms Control and Intelligence: A Symbiotic Relationship CAPT EDWARD C. DENBEIGH 227 The Statistical Study of War: The Relationship between Democracy and War LCDR GUY R. PHILLIPS 239 The Media and the Conduct of War LCOL J.R.D. GERVAIS 255 Bibliography 273 Contributors 289 Index 295
