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Douglas A. Macgregor Breaking the Phalanx (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Breaking the Phalanx
- Publication Name
- Breaking the Phalanx
- Title
- Breaking the Phalanx
- Subtitle
- A New Design for Landpower in the 21st Century
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0275957942
- EAN
- 9780275957940
- ISBN
- 9780275957940
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Genre
- History, Social Science
- Release Date
- 14/01/1997
- Release Year
- 1997
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 15.7 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Type
- Textbook
- Topic
- Military / Strategy, Future Studies, Military / General, Military / United States
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 302 Pages
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Product Information
This work proposes the reorganization of America's ground forces on the strategic, operational and tactical levels. Central to the proposal is the simple thesis that the U.S. Army must take control of its future by exploiting the emerging revolution in military affairs. The analysis argues that a new Army warfighting organization will not only be more deployable and effective in Joint operations; reorganized information age ground forces will be significantly less expensive to operate, maintain, and modernize than the Army's current Cold War division-based organizations. And while ground forces must be equipped with the newest Institute weapons, new technology will not fulfill its promise of shaping the battlefield to American advantage if new devices are merely grafted on to old organizations that are not specifically designed to exploit them. It is not enough to rely on the infusion of new, expensive technology into the American defense establishment to preserve America's strategic dominance in the next century. The work makes it clear that planes, ships, and missiles cannot do the job of defending America's global security issues alone. The United States must opt for reform and reorganization of the nation's ground forces and avoid repeating Britain's historic mistake of always fielding an effective army just in time to avoid defeat, but too late to deter an aggressor.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0275957942
ISBN-13
9780275957940
eBay Product ID (ePID)
840106
Product Key Features
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / Strategy, Future Studies, Military / General, Military / United States
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
302 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Ua25
Reviews
"This is an important but odd book, somewhat schizophrenic but eminently worthwhile. It has become widely acclaimed, extensively reviewed in publications as diverse as U.S. News & World Report (a full page), Army Times (three pages), and Joint Forces Quarterly (two pages)....But senior military leaders are reading it as well. Army times got four four-star generals to comment knowledgeably on the book....[B]reaking the Phalanx is a stimulating prod for a creative, bold reassessment of force designs being debated within all the military services." Strategic Review, "Breaking the Phalanx by Douglas A. Macgregor is essential reading for any serious student of the surrent military modernization debate embodied in the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), National Defense Panel and Joint Vision 2010 processes....Senior leaders would do well to consider its recommendations and analysis." Military Reviews, "Future historians of American military doctrine may well identify this book as the fulcrum point for American military thought and force structure at the turn of the 21st century."- ARMOR, "With Breaking the Phalanx, Colonel Douglas Macgregor has accomplished what all military authors aspire to but few achieve....[M]acgregor has captured the attention of his service's leadership and inspired a genuine debate....An accomplished scholar and writer, as well as a distinguished combat soldier in his own right, Macgregor begins' with a strong defense of the continuing relevance and utility of landpower....Breaking the Phalanx is an important book that may well endure....Highly readable, always interesting, his thrusting logic grapple resolutely with the possibilities....His book deserves careful reflection by all professionals concerned with the common defense."- U.S. Army, "With Breaking the Phalanx, Colonel Douglas Macgregor has accomplished what all military authors aspire to but few achieve...Macgregor has captured the attention of his service's leadership and inspired a genuine debate. An accomplished scholar and writer, as well as a distinguished combat soldier in his own right, Macgregor begin's with a strong defense of the continuing revelance and utility of landpower. Breaking the Phalanx is an important book that may well endure. Highly readable, always interesting, his thrusting logic grapples resolutely with the possibilities. His book deserves careful reflection by all professionals concerned with the common defense." U.S. Army, "Future historians of American military doctrine may well identify this book as the fulcrum point for American military thought and force structure at the trun of the 21st century." ARMOR, "Breaking the Phalanx by Douglas A. Macgregor is essential reading for any serious student of the surrent military modernization debate embodied in the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), National Defense Panel and Joint Vision 2010 processes....Senior leaders would do well to consider its recommendations and analysis."- Military Reviews, "If you want a glimpse of the Army's likely shape in a few year's time, there's a book you should be reading....The book is Breaking the Phalanx...and it is flying off bookstore shelves at the installations where the future of the service is being decided....It has sparked debate and discussion not only among the field-grade officers...but also among the Army's most senior leaders. Chief of Staff Gen. Dennis Reimer, for example, has said Breaking the Phalanx will have an impact on the Army's future, and he has recommended that his general officers read it....(It) is controversial because it reflects the views of many field-grade officers, as well as those of some generals, that the Army is not adapting quickly enough to the warfighting demands of the 21st century." Army Times, "Douglas A. Macgregor has hit the nail directly on the head in Breaking the Phalanx....This analysis is at times brilliant and most definitely needed by America's armed forces....[A] groudbreaking work that defines the direction that the America military must take in the near future if it is to prevail against the world's "lean and mean" professional warriors of the 21st Century." Military and Naval History Journal, "This is an important but odd book, somewhat schizophrenic but eminently worthwhile. It has become widely acclaimed, extensively reviewed in publications as diverse as U.S. News & World Report (a full page), Army Times (three pages), and Joint Forces Quarterly (two pages)....But senior military leaders are reading it as well. Army Times got four four-star generals to comment knowledgeably on the book....[B]reaking the Phalanx is a stimulating prod for a creative, bold reassessment of force designs being debated within all the military services."- Strategic Review, "If you want a glimpse of the Army's likely shape in a few year's time, there's a book you should be reading..."- Army Times, "Breaking the Phalanx is an interesting read, and many of its chapters stand on their own....Breaking the Phalanx is a thought-provoking book. Macgregor's ideas for modernizing the Army are truly revolutionary. The author may not fully appreciate the strategic effects of airpower, but his book is worth reading by military officers." Net Assessment, "Breaking the Phalanx is an interesting read, and many of its chapters stand on their own....Breaking the Phalanx is a thought-provoking book. Macgregor's ideas for modernizing the Army are truly revolutionary. The author may not fully appreciate the strategic effects of airpower, but his book is worth reading by military officers."- Net Assessment
Publication Name
Breaking the Phalanx : a New Design for Landpower in the 21st Century
Table of Content
Foreword by Donald Kagan Introduction Landpower and Strategic Dominance Meeting the Demands of Revolutionary Change in Warfare Organizing Within the RMA Trendlines Fighting with a New Information Age Army in 2003 Shaping Landpower for Strategic Dominance in the 21st Century Streamlining Defense to Pay for Strategic Dominance Final Observations and Future Prospects Appendix A: Glossary of Military Terms Appendix B: Glossary of Military Abbreviations and Acronyms Appendix C: The Corps Support Command Appendix D: Army Prepositioning Afloat Selected Bibliography Index
Target Audience
College Audience
Lccn
96-034012
Illustrated
Yes
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