How to Make War (Fourth Edition): A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Warfare in the Twenty-first Century

How to Make War (Fourth Edition): A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Warfare in the Twenty-first Century

by James F Dunnigan
How to Make War (Fourth Edition): A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Warfare in the Twenty-first Century

How to Make War (Fourth Edition): A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Warfare in the Twenty-first Century

by James F Dunnigan

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Overview

An indispensable guide to how wars are fought, James F. Dunnigan's classic text has been enormously popular with citizens, professional soldiers, and journalists alike. Now, it's been revised to include a stunning array of new subjects. From the cutting edge of cyberwar to the current concern about terrorism, How to Make War presents a clear picture of complex weapons, armed forces, and tactics.

Describing a new world order, one with a greater number of equipped players than the "Big Two" (the United States and the former Soviet Union), this updated edition features all the elements of traditional warfare, along with a discussion of terrorist techniques; nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons; and Third World ballistic missiles. Past editions of How to Make War were chillingly accurate in assessing and predicting the outcomes of all the major conflicts in the past two decades. Loaded with expertise and the latest information, this edition is an essential reference for any military library –– and a work that forewarns, and forearms, the Free World for the conflicts ahead.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780060090128
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 04/01/2003
Edition description: 4TH
Pages: 672
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.68(d)

About the Author

James F. Dunnigan is the author of many books and over a hundred historical simulations. He has been a lecturer to the State Department, the CIA, and the U.S. Army War College. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Fourth Editionix
1How to Become an Effective Armchair General1
Part 1Ground Combat
2The Poor Bloody Infantry15
3Tanks: The Arm of Decision63
4Artillery: The Killer101
5Combat Support123
6Paramilitary Forces and Reserves133
Part 2Air Operations
7The Air Force: Fighters, Bombers, and Snoopers143
8Air Defense198
Part 3Naval Operations
9The Navy: On the Surface219
10The Navy: Run Silent, Run Deep255
11The Navy: In the Air270
Part 4Human Factors
12Getting Psyched: Why Soldiers Fight287
13Leadership295
14Intelligence316
15The Primary Law of Warfare: Murphy's329
16Who Wins342
17What Armed Forces Do in Peacetime350
Part 5Special Weapons
18The Electronic Battlefield and Information Warfare363
19The War in Space394
20Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Weapons412
21Operations Other Than War (OOTW)458
22Special Operations: Commandos, Paratroopers, Marines, and Special Forces483
Part 6Warfare by the Numbers
23Logistics499
24Attrition517
25Victory Goes to the Bigger Battalions548
Part 7Moving the Goods
26The Navy: The Tonnage War581
27The Air Force: Air Freight589
Part 8Tools of the Trade
28The Weapons of the World605
29The Armed Forces of the World619
Glossary: Dictionary of Military Terms (Official and Otherwise)645
Sources and Suggested Readings647
Index649
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