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Item Details
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FIREPOWER IN LIMITED WAR
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| By: |
Brig. Gen. Robert H. Scales |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£15.09 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0891416501 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780891416500 |
| Publisher: |
PRESIDIO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
9 December, 1997 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
A study of modern military tactics with an overview of the use of high-technology weapons. Scales charts the development of the use of firepower over the decades and the impact the increasing weight and complexity of firepower has had on the tactics of modern armies. Also includes an examination of how firepower will be deployed in the future. |
| Synopsis: |
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. Recent 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. Author Scales 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. |
| Illustrations: |
24 photographs, 13 maps, 6 diagrams |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Presidio Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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