War by numbers : understanding conventional combat / Christopher A. Lawrence.
War by numbers : understanding conventional combat / Christopher A. Lawrence.
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[Lincoln, NE] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
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G 2017/4232
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English
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Physical content
x, 374 pages ; 26 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
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...
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Publisher
[Lincoln, NE] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
Nebraska
Date Published
[2017]
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"A study of the basic nature of conventional warfare based on extensive analysis of historical combat to indicate the impact that various factors have on warfare"--Provided by publisher.
"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 i...
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War by numbers : understanding conventional combat / Christopher A. Lawrence.
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G 2017/4232
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74VKVX5rJQjO
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1612348866 paperback alkaline paper
9781612348865 paperback alkaline paper
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355.02
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991024120513302626