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03479aam a2200409 i 4500 001 BAD7EC20A80111E7B9D4614397128E48 003 SILO 005 20171003010225 008 170512s2017 nbua b s000 0 eng 010 $a 2017022872 020 $a 1612348866 (paperback : alkaline paper) 020 $a 9781612348865 (paperback : alkaline paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)982839662 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d ERASA $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a U39 $b .L375 2017 082 00 $a 355.02 $2 23 084 $a HIS037080 $a HIS037080 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Lawrence, Christopher A., $e author. 245 10 $a War by numbers : $b understanding conventional combat / $c Christopher A. Lawrence. 264 1 $a Lincoln : $b Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, $c [2017] 300 $a x, 374 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 26 cm 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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-374). 505 0 $a 1. Understanding War -- 2. Force Ratios -- 3. Attacker versus Defender -- 4. Human Factors -- 5. Measuring Human Factors in Combat : Italy, 1943-1944 -- 6. Measuring Human Factors in Combat : Ardennes and Kursk, July 1943 -- 7. Measuring Human Factors in Combat : Modern Wars -- 8. Outcome of Battles -- 9. Exchange Ratios -- 10. The Combat Value of Superior Situational Awareness -- 11. The Combat Value of Surprise -- 12. The Nature of Lower Levels of Combat -- 13. The Effects of Dispersion on Combat -- 14. Advance Rates -- 15. Casualties -- 16. Urban Legends -- 17. The Use of Case Studies -- 18. Modeling Warfare -- 19. Validation of the TNDM -- 20. Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Dupuy's Timeless Verities of Combat -- Appendix 2: Dupuy's Combat Advance Rate Verities -- Appendix 3: Dupuy's Combat Attrition Verities. 650 0 $a Warfare, Conventional $x History. 650 0 $a Combat $x History. 650 0 $a Warfare, Conventional $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Military art and science $x History. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Military / United States. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century. $2 bisacsh 776 08 $i Online version: $a Lawrence, Christopher A., author. $t War by numbers $d Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2017 $z 9781612349152 $w (DLC) 2017023706 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20171003032630.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BAD7EC20A80111E7B9D4614397128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search