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Lt Col Amos C. Fox

Maneuver is Dead

Land Warfare in the Twenty-First Century

Lt Col Amos C. Fox

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English
Bloomsbury Academic
11 June 2026
Military history; Arms negotiation & control; Theory of warfare & military science; Land forces & warfare
Series: Studies in Contemporary Warfare
Considering the failure of Western states, coalitions, and alliances to succeed in their post-9/11 wars, Maneuver is Dead goes beyond the accepted norms and practices of strategic and military thought to examine what warfare looks like today - with battlegrounds transformed by technology and old methods of warfare quickly becoming extinct. In doing so, Amos Fox seeks to overturn many of the long-standing shibboleths of strategic and military thought, including concepts such as the primacy of maneuver warfare, centers of gravity, and decisive battle, replacing those concepts with modern ideas that account for the realities of the international system, industrialized states, networked militaries, and new technology. Providing an alternative vision of the future of land warfare, Fox uses his on-the-ground experience, as well as a dynamic selection of case studies from contemporary wars including the Russo-Ukrainian War, Israel-Hamas and the Syrian Civil War, to demonstrate how positional warfare has overcome maneuver as the most useful form of warfare, illustrating how wars of attrition will remain the norm in the 21st Century.
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Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 236mm,  Width: 154mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   540g
ISBN:   9781350530850
ISBN 10:   1350530859
Series:   Studies in Contemporary Warfare
Pages:   264
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Maneuver is Dead 3. The Logic of Land Warfare 4. Battlefield Parallax and 21st Century Land Warfare 5. Attritional Warfare 6. Positional Warfare 7. Strategy of Exhaustion 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index

Amos C. Fox, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired) is a Professor of Practice with the Future Security Initiative at Arizona State University, USA where he teaches armed conflict, the future of war, and security studies. He is also the Managing Editor for Small Wars Journal and a Contributing Editor with War on the Rocks. Fox also hosts the Revolution in Military Affairs podcast.

Reviews for Maneuver is Dead: Land Warfare in the Twenty-First Century

'Amos Fox’s Maneuver Is Dead delivers a powerful challenge to the maneuver-centric orthodoxy that has dominated Western military thought since before the Cold War. Seamlessly integrating academic theory with battlefield practice, the book provides conceptual clarity on how undogmatic combined arms application and the brutal logic of destruction and exhaustion yield pathways to victory. Written with analytical precision that is accessible to educators, analysts and practitioners alike, Fox’s study compels readers to re-examine deeply held assumptions about how wars are actually fought and decided in land contests. This provocative study is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the true character of twenty-first-century land warfare.' * Nathan Jennings, Command and General Staff College, USA * 'Amos Fox delivers essential reading for policy makers and military planners, exposing how flawed military theory has created an illusory vision of warfare that dangerously undermines our readiness for great power war and our ability to deter it.' * Franz-Stefan Gady, Military Analyst and Defense Consultant, USA *


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