Firepower in Limited War, Revised Edition
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ISBN: 0891415335 / Publisher: Presidio Press, February 1998
Surveys the French Indochina War, the Vietnam War, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Falklands campaign, and the Persian Gulf War, and examines the strategic use of artillery, helicopter gunships, and tactical airpower
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The 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 routinely expected in the delivery of thousand pound bombs.Recent events in Somalia and the Balkans have aptly demonstrated, however, the profound limitations of firepower in limited conflicts of low intensity. Yet, these are the kinds of war we are most likely to encounter as we proceed down the path of the new world order.Author Scales examines this problem through his analysis of the role of firepower in the wars in Indochina, the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the Falklands War, and the Gulf War.
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