Firepower in Limited War

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Robert Scales

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Presidio Press
09 December 1997

History; Defence strategy, planning & research; Weapons & equipment; Ordnance, weapons technology

""Bar none, the best book on fire support in the English language and one of the most accessible works on tactics I have ever read.""-Bruce Gudmundsson, author of On Artillery

The military of the United States is the world's strongest. Our armed forces are equipped with weapons of remarkable accuracy and unprecedented destructive power. In the Gulf War, allied forces used these weapons in what turned out to be a high-tech shooting gallery. The pinpoint accuracy of the sharpshooter's rifle is now routinely expected in the delivery of thousand pound bombs.

Events in Somalia and the Balkans have aptly demonstrated, however, the profound limitations of firepower in limited conflicts of low intensity. Yet, these are the kinds of war we are most likely to encounter as we proceed down the path of the new world order.

RobertScales examines this problem through his analysis of the role of firepower in the wars in Indochina, the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the Falklands War, and the Gulf War. Chosen for the prestigious Marine Corps Commandant's Reading List, Firepower in Limited Waris must reading for everyone interested in national defense and all military professionals.

By: Robert Scales
Imprint: Presidio Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 213mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 397g
ISBN: 9780891416500
ISBN 10: 0891416501
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 09 December 1997
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Firepower in Limited War: Revised Edition

...this book is a most useful tool for refocusing the examination of Soviet Russia. J. Zimmerman, Choice ...a pioneering study of the interaction of Soviet state and society in the ideological, political, economic, and social spheres from 1918 to 1929...A short review cannot do justice to the merits of the book. As a work of synthesis, it combines brilliant and balanced conceptualization of the problems and tensions in Soviet state and society, a formidable command of the current scholarship on the period, and an agenda of topics for further research that will make use of recently opened Soviet archives. Thomas S. Pearson, The Historian ...a well-written and scrupulous synthesis of the abundant new scholarship on the 1920s...Siegelbaum recaptures the sense of directionless and uncertainty prevalent during the 1920s...an exacting interpretive guide. Stephen Kotkin, Journal of Modern History