Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare From Stalingrad to Iraq (General Military) We live in an increasingly urbanizing world, a military unprepared for urban operations is unprepared for tomorrow. Sun Tzu admonished his readers of The Art of War that the lowest realization of warfare was to attack a fortified city - a
| TITLE | : | Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare From Stalingrad to Iraq (General Military) |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.78 (523 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 184908792X |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 232 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2012-11-20 |
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Throughout history, cities have been at the center of warfare, from sieges to street-fighting, from peace-keeping to coups de mains. Sun Tzu admonished his readers of The Art of War that the lowest realization of warfare was to attack a fortified city - a maxim that the Russian army should have heeded before it launched its operation to seize the Chechnyan city of Grozny. Indeed, although strategists have advised against it across the millennia, armies and generals have been forced nonetheless to attack and defend cities, and victory has required that they do it well. In Concrete Hell Louis DiMarco has provided a masterful study of the brutal realities of urban warfare, of what it means to seize and hold a city literally block by block. Such a study could not be more timely. We live in an increasingly urbanizing world, a military unprepared for urban operations is unprepared for tomorrow
Editorial : “recommended reading for anyone interested in learning about urban combat it will be of value to soldiers wanting to quickly learn the hisory and the myriad tactical, operational, strategic and political considerations associated with fighting in cities.” ARMY magazine (August 2013)
“DiMarco's study achieves success in all of the supplemental considerations for an undertaking of this nature. His analysis is well-supported by quality maps, the chapters are coherently organized, with synopses followed by analysis for each battle, and the conclusions are built on logical and sequential foundations.” Army History (summer 2014)
“I can recommend this book to the history buff and to the wargamer who is gaming in urban situations. I found this book extremely enjoyable and hard to put down once I started reading it, and I believe so w
The number of errors, typos and omissions in this book are innumerable. White, Margery Sharp, and Kathi Appelt as an author parents, grandparents and children will love. By sticking to scientifically sound principles, its recommendations appear right on track, placing just enough tension into the system to get results. But I have to say, this book is not an easy textbook, it tends to cover all important grammatical points of the language, making the book very dense, without previous experience of Indic languages, this book will appear to be difficult(I have background in Hindi, Urdu and Sanskrit, this book is just perfect for me) . The luminous illustrations are quite lovely and compliment the text nicely.
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