Explores the role of infantry troops in an era of high technology warfare through an examination of seven recent American infantry campaigns, tracing the evolution of the infantry over the past sixty years from a mass force of citizen soldiers to a body of elite professionals. Reprint.
Explores the role of infantry troops in an era of high technology warfare through an examination of seven recent American infantry campaigns, tracing ...
Low-intensity conflict (LIC) often has been viewed as the wrong kind of warfare for the American military, dating back to the war in Vietnam and extending to the present conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. From the American perspective, LIC occurs when the U.S. military must seek limited aims with a relatively modest number of available regular forces, as opposed to the larger commitments that bring into play the full panoply of advanced technology and massive commitments of troops. Yet despite the conventional view, U.S. forces have achieved success in LIC, albeit "under the radar" and with...
Low-intensity conflict (LIC) often has been viewed as the wrong kind of warfare for the American military, dating back to the war in Vietnam and exten...
