1968, ISBN: 9780891417811

CITY FIGHTSSelected Histories of Urban Combat from World War II to Vietnam Edited by Colonel John Antal and Maj. Bradley Gericke ""Urban terrain will likely be the predominant battlefield… Mehr…

CITY FIGHTSSelected Histories of Urban Combat from World War II to Vietnam Edited by Colonel John Antal and Maj. Bradley Gericke ""Urban terrain will likely be the predominant battlefield of future wars." "As September 11 and Somalia proved, hostile forces are now engaging America differently, avoiding open combat with our enormous military, striking at our civic centers or dragging us into theirs. But urban warfare isn't new; it is as old as the battle of Jericho. Now an incomparable collection written by esteemed military veterans--some currently serving, others civilian analysts--re-creates the last century's most astonishing examples of this kind of fighting . . . and offers important lessons for our future. Here are fourteen riveting histories that are both invaluable teaching tools for security leaders and engrossing accounts for any reader. They include - William M. Waddell's "Tai-Erh-Chuang, 1938: The Japanese Juggernaut Smashed"--How China defeated the Japanese in battle for the first time in three hundred and forty years, by using a city only as a pivot area and attacking the exposed flank and rear ranks of its unprepared enemy. - Eric M. Walters's "Stalingrad, 1942: With Will, a Weapon, and a Watch"--The largest and longest-running urban fight of the twentieth century, in which the Red Army became the tortoise to the Germans' hare, out-lasting its stronger foe. - Norm Cooling's "Hue City, 1968: Winning a Battle While Losing a War"--The six-day fight for the cultural center of Vietnam revealed how the American military's distrust of the media made it fail to expose the enemy's mass executions and lose the all-important information war. From the 1944 Warsaw uprising that almost caused the complete destruction of Poland's capital to the crucial, near-forgotten fight for Manila in 1945 . . . from snipers and shoulder-launched missiles to tunnels and tanks . . . all aspects of the most important urban conflicts are revealed in stunning detail. Compelling and cautionary, "City Fights" powerfully reminds us that, in our ever more urbanized and vulnerable world, "if a state loses its cities, it loses the war." Media > Book<

ISBN: 9780891417811

Paperback / softback. New. In the past sixty years some of history's most horrific conflicts have been played out in steel and concrete forests of urban battlefields. City Fights pr… Mehr…

Paperback / softback. New. In the past sixty years some of history's most horrific conflicts have been played out in steel and concrete forests of urban battlefields. City Fights presents a series of stories based on classic urban encounters, from Stalingrad and Warsaw, to Berlin and Hue City, describing in detail this difficult and deadly form of warfare.<

2003, ISBN: 9780891417811

Taschenbuch

Antal, John & Bradley Gericke (editors)., Ballantine Books A Presidio Press Book, nd (2003), c2003, 1st Edition 1st Printing, illus. soft cover, fine, 450 pp w/index, 8vo, "Selec… Mehr…

Antal, John & Bradley Gericke (editors)., Ballantine Books A Presidio Press Book, nd (2003), c2003, 1st Edition 1st Printing, illus. soft cover, fine, 450 pp w/index, 8vo, "Selected Histories of Urban Combat from World War II to Vietnam", $15.00, 0<

ISBN: 9780891417811

Presidio Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also su… Mehr…

Presidio Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities., Presidio Press<

2003, ISBN: 0891417818

[EAN: 9780891417811], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Presidio Press], Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The sp… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780891417811], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Presidio Press], Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged.<