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- catalog abstract ""In view of Iraq, Afghanistan, and the ongoing war against terrorism, the importance of land warfare seems certain to grow. This timely book, by Major General Robert H. Scales Jr., draws upon his long and distinguished military career and wars dating back to Korea for lessons for America's future land wars. He looks at Afghanistan today, the prospect of Iraq tomorrow, and ahead to a wargame scenario of "Kosovo, 2020" to develop a picture of the American style of war. High-tech, firepower-driven, and risk-averse, the American precision land war machine must ever guard against complacency and adaptive enemies. Despite superiority on almost every front, the U.S. armed forces have been effectively challenged on battlefields near and far. War remains as much art as science, and General Scales shows us what to expect if we substitute science and technology wholesale for the understanding of history and humanity."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12708155.
- catalog coverage "United States Armed Forces.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""In view of Iraq, Afghanistan, and the ongoing war against terrorism, the importance of land warfare seems certain to grow. This timely book, by Major General Robert H. Scales Jr., draws upon his long and distinguished military career and wars dating back to Korea for lessons for America's future land wars. He looks at Afghanistan today, the prospect of Iraq tomorrow, and ahead to a wargame scenario of "Kosovo, 2020" to develop a picture of the American style of war. High-tech, firepower-driven, and risk-averse, the American precision land war machine must ever guard against complacency and adaptive enemies. Despite superiority on almost every front, the U.S. armed forces have been effectively challenged on battlefields near and far. War remains as much art as science, and General Scales shows us what to expect if we substitute science and technology wholesale for the understanding of history and humanity."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Preface: "yellow smoke" -- The emergence of an American style of war -- Technology and the cycles of land warfare -- Land warfare at the strategic level: balancing time and risk -- Balancing firepower and maneuver: lessons from Vietnam to the Falklands -- Getting it closer to right: from Panama to Afghanistan -- Tactics and the human dimension: balancing ends and means in the close fight -- The new American style of war -- "Kosovo, 2020": a wargame -- Strengthening U.S. land forces: ten principles for the future -- A cautionary conclusion.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 181 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Yellow smoke.".
- catalog identifier "074251773X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Yellow smoke.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,".
- catalog relation "Yellow smoke.".
- catalog spatial "United States Armed Forces.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "355.02/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Military doctrine United States.".
- catalog subject "UA23 .S29497 2003".
- catalog subject "World politics 21st century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface: "yellow smoke" -- The emergence of an American style of war -- Technology and the cycles of land warfare -- Land warfare at the strategic level: balancing time and risk -- Balancing firepower and maneuver: lessons from Vietnam to the Falklands -- Getting it closer to right: from Panama to Afghanistan -- Tactics and the human dimension: balancing ends and means in the close fight -- The new American style of war -- "Kosovo, 2020": a wargame -- Strengthening U.S. land forces: ten principles for the future -- A cautionary conclusion.".
- catalog title "Yellow smoke : the future of land warfare for America's military / Robert H. Scales, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".