Thoughts on War by Phillip S. Meilinger (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Thoughts on War by Phillip S. Meilinger Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Provocative collection of essays offering a fresh, controversial, perspective on military values. Publisher Description War is changing. Unlike when modern military doctrine was forged, the United States no longer mobilizes massive land forces for direct political gain. Instead, the US fights small, overseas wars by global mandate to overthrow dictators, destroy terrorist groups, and broker regional peace. These conflicts hardly resemble the total wars fought and expected by foundational military theorists such as Carl von Clausewitz, yet their paradigms are ingrained in modern thinking. The twenty-first-centurys new geopolitical situation demands new principles for warfare - deemphasizing decisive land victory in favor of airpower, intelligence systems, and indigenous ground forces.In Thoughts on War, Phillip S. Meilinger confronts the shortcomings of US military dogma in search of a new strategic doctrine. Inter-service rivalries and conventional theories failed the US in lengthy Korea, Vietnam, and Middle East conflicts. Jettisoning traditional perspectives and their focus on decisive battles, Meilinger revisits historical campaigns looking for answers to more persistent challenges - how to coordinate forces, manipulate time, and fight on two fronts. This provocative collection of new and expanded essays offers a fresh, if controversial, perspective on time-honored military values, one which encourages a critical revision of US military strategy. Author Biography Col. Phillip S. Meilinger, USAF (Ret.), served as an air force command pilot, Pentagon staff officer, Naval War College professor, Air Force Academy professor, and was dean of the School of Advanced Airpower Studies. He has been a senior analyst at Northrop Grumman as well as deputy director of the AEROSPACENTER at Science Applications International Corporation. He has published twelve books and more than one hundred articles on military history, airpower theory, and military operations, including Limiting Risk in Americas Wars: Airpower, Asymmetrics, and a New Strategic Paradigm. Details ISBN 0813178894 ISBN-13 9780813178899 Title Thoughts on War Author Phillip S. Meilinger Format Hardcover Year 2020 Pages 308 Publisher The University Press of Kentucky GE_Item_ID:136549717; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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