Firepower in Limited War by Robert Scales - ISBN: 9780891416500
Paperback
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 …

Firepower in Limited War

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    352 pages

  • Release Date

    9 December 1997

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Summary

“Bar none, the best book on fire support in the English language and one of the most accessible works on tactics I have ever read.”-Bruce Gudmundsson, author of On ArtilleryThe 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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780891416500
ISBN-10:0891416501
Author:Robert Scales
Publisher:Presidio Press
Imprint:Presidio Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:9 December 1997
Weight:397g
Dimensions:213mm x 137mm x 20mm
About The Author

Robert Scales

Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr., U.S. Army (Retired), brings perspective as head of the army’s team of Gulf War historians and chief author of “Certain Victory”, the army’s official postwar analysis of that conflict. He has also served as Commandant of the Army War College and, most recently, is author of “Yellow Smoke: The Future of Land Warfare for America’s Military”.

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