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001			ocn987437545
003			OCoLC
005			20240726105050.0
008			170516s2017 nbu ob s000 0 eng
010			_a2017023706
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dNT _dIDEBK _dP@U _dEBLCP _dJSTOR
020			_a9781612349176 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
042			_apcc
050	1	0	_aU39 _b.W373 2017
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aLawrence, Christopher A., _e1
245	1	0	_aWar by numbers : _bunderstanding conventional combat / _cChristopher A. Lawrence.
260			_aLincoln : _bPotomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, _c(c)2017.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
520	2		_a"A study of the basic nature of conventional warfare based on extensive analysis of historical combat to indicate the impact that various factors have on warfare"--Provided by publisher.
520	2		_a"War by Numbers assesses the nature of conventional warfare through the analysis of historical combat. Christopher A. Lawrence establishes what we know about conventional combat and why we know it. By demonstrating the impact a variety of factors have on combat he moves such analysis beyond the work of Carl von Clausewitz and into modern data and interpretation. Using vast data sets, Lawrence examines force ratios, the human factor in case studies from World War II and beyond, the combat value of superior situational awareness, and the effects of dispersion, among other elements. Lawrence challenges existing interpretations of conventional warfare and shows how such combat should be conducted in the future, simultaneously broadening our understanding of what it means to fight wars by the numbers"--Provided by publisher.
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505	0	0	_a1. Understanding War -- _t2. Force Ratios -- _t3. Attacker versus Defender -- _t4. Human Factors -- _t5. Measuring Human Factors in Combat : Italy, 1943-1944 -- _t6. Measuring Human Factors in Combat : Ardennes and Kursk, July 1943 -- _t7. Measuring Human Factors in Combat : Modern Wars -- _t8. Outcome of Battles -- _t9. Exchange Ratios -- _t10. The Combat Value of Superior Situational Awareness -- _t11. The Combat Value of Surprise -- _t12. The Nature of Lower Levels of Combat -- _t13. The Effects of Dispersion on Combat -- _t14. Advance Rates -- _t15. Casualties -- _t16. Urban Legends -- _t17. The Use of Case Studies -- _t18. Modeling Warfare -- _t19. Validation of the TNDM -- _t20. Conclusions -- _tAppendix 1: Dupuy's Timeless Verities of Combat -- _tAppendix 2: Dupuy's Combat Advance Rate Verities -- _tAppendix 3: Dupuy's Combat Attrition Verities.
530			_a2 _ub
650		0	_aWarfare, Conventional _xHistory.
650		0	_aCombat _xHistory.
650		0	_aWarfare, Conventional _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aMilitary art and science _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1631765&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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994			_a92 _bNT
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell