Dominant land forces for 21st century warfare /
"This paper introduces the idea of persistent security that originates from dominant landpower--establishing a force that can establish a persistently secure environment is the challenge frequently overlooked in the way the American military trains, thinks and approaches warfighting. The author...
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Arlington, VA :
Institute of Land Warfare, Association of the United States Army,
[2009]
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| Series: | Land warfare papers ;
no. 72. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- A notion of persistent security
- A global environment
- The continuum of operations and persistent security
- Two sides to persistent security
- The role of landpower
- Firepower versus maneuver warfare
- A history of firepower versus maneuver
- Prior to World War I
- World War I
- The Inter-war years
- World War II
- Post-World War II
- Conclusion of historical analysis
- Evolving doctrine and the future of warfare
- Future theory and doctrine
- Firepower versus maneuver : final analysis
- Conclusions on the future of warfare
- Impacts on the operational environment
- National security in the global environment
- It begins with security
- Conclusion.