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How to make war: A comprehensive guide to modern warfare Paperback – January 1, 1988

by James F Dunnigan (Author)
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Now fully revised for the post-Cold War era, Dunnigan's classic uses lucid text and concise charts to state the principles of war and present a conclusive picture of the world's complex weapons, armed forces, and tactics. 48 charts and maps.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quill; Revised edition (January 1, 1988)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 620 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0688079792
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0688079796
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.95 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.6 x 6.1 x 9.1 inches
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Contents

Foreword to the New Edition (1988 Edition)

Acknowledgments

1. How to Become an Effective Armchair General

PART ONE: GROUND COMBAT
2. The Poor Bloody Infantry
3. Tanks: The Arm of Decision
4. Artillery: The Killer
5. Combat Support
6. Paramilitary Forces and Reserves

PART TWO: AIR OPERATIONS

7. The Air Force: Fighters, Bombers and Snoopers
8. Air Defense

PART THREE: NAVAL OPERATIONS

9. The Navy: On the Surface
10. The Navy: Run Silent, Run Deep
11. The Navy: In the Air
12. The Navy: On the Ground

PART FOUR: HUMAN FACTORS

13. Getting Psyched: Why Soldiers Fight
14. Leadership
15. Intelligence
16. The Primary Law of Warfare: Murphy's
17. Who Wins
18. What Armed Forces Do in Peacetime

PART FIVE: SPECIAL WEAPONS

19. The Electronic Battlefield
20. The War in Space
21. Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Weapons
22. Strategic Nuclear Weapons

PART SIX: WARFARE BY THE NUMBERS

23. Logistics
24. Attrition
25. Victory Goes to the Bigger Battalions: The Cost of War

PART SEVEN: MOVING THE GOODS

26. The Navy: The Tonnage War
27. The Air Force: Airfreight

PART EIGHT: TOOLS OF THE TRADE

28. The Weapons of the World
29. The Armed Forces of the World

Glossary: Dictionary of Military Terms

Sources and Suggested Readings

Index

Charts (Listed)

2-1. Combat Values
2-2. U.S. Infantry Units
2-3. Russian Infantry Units
2-4. Divisional Equipment and Combat Power 2-5. Density of Infantry Weapons
2-6. Infantry Weapons
3-1. Principal Main Battle Tanks 3-2. Principal Armored Personnel Carriers
3-3. Portable Antitank Weapons: Missiles and Rockets
4-1. Principal Artillery in Use 4-2. Artillery Destruction Table
7-1. Fighters, Bombers and Recon Aircraft
7-2. Air Weapons
8-1. Air Defense Weapons in Use
9-1. U.S. Navy Combat Ships
9-2. Russian Navy Combat Ships
9-3. Naval Weapons
11-1. Patrol Aircraft in Service
11-2. Patrol Aircraft Characteristics
12-1. The World's Amphibious Forces 12-2. Amphibious Shipping
20-1. Satellite Launch Vehicles 20-2. Satellites
21-1. Tactical Nuclear Weapons' Effects on Ground Forces
21-2. Tactical Nuclear Weapons' Effects on Ships
21-3. Number of Losses Assuming Indicated Densities
21-4. Density of Troops, Vehicles and Weapons on the Battlefield
21-5. Chemical Weapons
22-1. Strategic Weapons 22-2. Aircraft, Tactical Missiles and Artillery
23-1. Division Daily Supply Requirements
23-2. Ground Transport Characteristics
23-3. Supply Requirements for Aircraft 24-1. Basic Daily Loss Rate
24-2. Unmodified Historical Casualty Rate 24-3. Factors Modifying Unit Combat Power
24-4. Noncombat Casualties 24-5. Air Combat Attrition
24-6. Casualty Rates by Branch 25-1. Cost of War
25-2. Armed Forces Manpower
25-3. Manpower and Costs
25-4. Cost of Raising a Division 26-1. World Shipping Capacity and Port Activity
27-1. Strategic Military Airlift
27-2. Wartime Use of Civilian Aircraft, Long-Range
Heavy-Lift Models 29-1. Armed Forces of the World
29-2. Armed Forces of the World: Naval Forces
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5.0 out of 5 stars Warfare by the numbers
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2012
This book was one of the first books I read by James Dunnigan. I purchased it during my days as an officer in the Army. It helped to put a lot things I was doing in uniform in perspective. Lots of information comparing military equipment, ships and fighting abilities of countries and militaries around the world. The author takes a numerical perspective by assigning relative numbers to the effectiveness of equipment and forces then comparing them.

Dunnigan's background is wargaming so this method of viewing military facts and forces makes sense. Go to Wikipedia to read up on Dunnigan. Interesting guy and experiences.

The book provides some good discussions of how certain types of warfare have evolved and lessons learned of past conflicts.

The book has gone through several revisions over time to adjust to new realities of military forces and world politics... WWII, Vietnam, the cold war, fall of the USSR, smaller conflicts of the 80's and 90's, desert warfare and growth of terrorism. Unfortunately my acquisition and reading of Dunnigan's revised books has not kept pace. Eventually I will catch up. This 3rd Edition represents the time period I served in the military up to 1991. With my son about a year away from commissioning as an officer in the Army, I should look at getting the latest revised book.
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