Title: The changing face of war :
Authors: English, Allan D.; Royal Military College of Canada.
Date: 1998
Publisher: Published for the Royal Military College of Canada by McGill-Queen's University Press,
Physical description: x, 299 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: U
Abstract: "One of the biggest problems facing military leaders is how to deal with situations that they have never confronted before. This collection of original essays, written by military professionals engaged in war studies at the Royal Military College of Canada, demonstrates the value of historical study. The essays examine the past, present, and future of war to find solutions for the problems of today and tomorrow."--Jacket.
Contents: Foreword / B. John Plant -- Preface / Ronald Haycock -- Editor's Preface / Allan D. English -- Introduction / Allan D. English -- The Evolution of Military Strategy and Doctrine. Clausewitz and His Influence on U.S. and Canadian Military Doctrine / Richard J. Young. The Myth of Manoeuvre Warfare: Attrition in Military History / Paul Johnston. Strategy and Technology in Transition: Moltke and the Prussian General Staff / Kenneth M. Nesbitt. A Study in Operational Command: Byng and the Canadian Corps / Ian Mcculloch. An Example of Force Development: Tukhachevsky and the Soviet Art of Deep Battle / Duncan C. D. Milne. The Problem of Army Renewal: Seeckt and the Reichswehr / Robert Poirier -- Unconventional Warfare. Mao Zedong: A Peasant Who Learned from History / Ross Struthers. Revolutionary War: The Viet Minh and the First Indo-Chinese War / Neal Attfield. Vo Nguyen Giap: A Strategy for Protracted Revolutionary War / Paul F. Wynnyk. Brown-Water Navies and Counterinsurgency Operations / Harold J. Henderson. Eliminating the Shadows: Applying Counterinsurgency Doctrine to Peacekeeping / Richard Roy -- Conflict in the Twenty-First Century. Computers and Strategy: It's the Thought That Counts / Mervyn Berridge-Sills. Stealth Technology: A Revolution in Air Warfare? / Ronald Blank. Beyond the Line: Strategy in Support of Space Control / Justin Schmidt-Clever. Conventional Arms Control and Intelligence: A Symbiotic Relationship / Edward C. Denbeigh. The Statistical Study of War: The Relationship between Democracy and War / Guy R. Phillips. The Media and the Conduct of War / J. R. D. Gervais.
Subject headings (LCSH): Military art and science--History.; Military history, Modern; Military history.; War.