Название: Storming the City: U.S. Military Performance in Urban Warfare from World War II to Vietnam
Автор: Alec Wahlman
Издательство: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574416197
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB, AZW3, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 400
Размер: 9,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

In an increasingly urbanized world, urban terrain has become a greater factor in military operations. Simultaneously, advances in military technology have given military forces sharply increased capabilities. The conflict comes from how urban terrain can negate or degrade many of those increased capabilities. What happens when advanced weapons are used in a close-range urban fight with an abundance of cover?
Storming the City explores these issues by analyzing the performance of the US Army and US Marine Corps in urban combat in four major urban battles of the mid-twentieth century (Aachen 1944, Manila 1945, Seoul 1950, and Hue 1968). Alec Wahlman assesses each battle using a similar framework of capability categories, and separate chapters address urban warfare in American military thought.