Today we are in the information age. Many of the principles of the art of war that were born of agrarian times and honed during the industrial age are hopelessly outdated. It is already past time for radical change.
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A point for point deconstruction:,
By Sam Cody (Kansas City, MO United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Principles of War for the Information Age (Hardcover)
A point for point deconstruction:This work focuses in analyzing "the nine principles of war" written by British General J.F.C Fuller in the original 1922 operations manual. Each of Fuller's Nine Principles are considered, and then contrasted to historical examples where the principle fails. It would have been nice to see Fuller's historical examples used, and if a rebuttal was necessary then to give one, but typically the other does not cite to Fuller in a case per case basis. Considering the age of J.F.C. Fuller's Nine Principles and perhaps due to this book's impassioned attack against them, they have been "retired" to the status of an appendix in the Marines current operations manual. This book will grow on you, it is good after several readings, but requires several readings to get its full meaning. I enjoy it now, but I hated it when I first bought it.
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The author rates 5 stars as an antagonist, the book 3 stars.,
By Tom Pike (Harrisonburg, VA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Principles of War for the Information Age (Hardcover)
"The Principles of War For the Information Age" is an ambitious book seeking to not only redefine but replace the traditional MOOSEMUSS (maneuver, objective, offensive, surprise, economy of force, mass, unity of command, simplicity, and security) principles of war. The book consists mainly of the author's thoughts with only a few weak historical examples given as evidence. The book does not provide a compelling case for change, but serves well as a thought-provoking essay. One finds enough material to keep the readers' interest to complete the book with an occasional nugget of gold. One has to admire the author's courage in writing the book as an active duty officer. The Army should assign the author to a prestigious military research center or college.
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Army New thinking is better than old false thinking,
By Sam Damon Jr. (Fort Bragg, NC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Principles of War for the Information Age (Hardcover)
LTC Leonhard is a brilliant tactician who examines the past, the present and the future simultaneously--a coup d-oeil---creating an understanding of everything far better than cowardly copying the Germans or someone else. He takes what he knows to be true as a current U.S. Army battlefield Commander and applies this experience to fresh thinking far better than any arm-chair wannabe who praises another service that has not done its homework and thought very deep about the issues, but is deep in platitudes. The 9 Principles of war (MOOSE MUSS) as we remember them are actually derived from Clausewitz if another reviewer had his wits about him. They are a guide to thinking no more divinely inspired as the writings of Big Al or the wannabe tacticians of America's sea-based posturers. LTC Leonhard is one of America's and the Army's best and brightest thinker-warriors who refuses to succomb to the platitudes of the past or the present Germanophiles, who omit in their discussions that maneuverism died in the fortress cities of Tobruk, Stalingrad, Bastogne when it met the defense-in-depth fueled by a nation at total war. We need new thinking not new wine in old wine bottles! Good work, Sir!
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On 1 July 1916, Gen. Douglas Haig ordered two British armies out of their trenches and into the teeth of a prepared German defense near the Somme River. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
perpetual unreadiness, enemy strength irrelevant, precision protection, option acceleration, information age warfare, massing effects, precision warfare, computer war games, destructive efficiency, mass warfare, subjective conflict, heroic paradigm, enemy armed forces, combat power, future warfare, physical maneuver, advantage over the enemy, fighting doctrine, information dominance, maneuver warfare, decisive place, ground maneuver, tank division, precision strike, information warfare Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, Industrial Age, United States, Army of Northern Virginia, Joshua Chamberlain, National Command Authority, Tactical Internet, General Lee, Little Round Top, Douglas Haig, Operation Desert Storm, Super Weapon, Computer Age, Department of Defense, Harpers Ferry, Marine Corps, South Mountain, State Department, Army of the Potomac, Round One, Southeast Asia New!
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On 1 July 1916, Gen. Douglas Haig ordered two British armies out of their trenches and into the teeth of a prepared German defense near the Somme River. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
perpetual unreadiness, enemy strength irrelevant, precision protection, option acceleration, information age warfare, massing effects, precision warfare, computer war games, destructive efficiency, mass warfare, subjective conflict, heroic paradigm, enemy armed forces, combat power, future warfare, physical maneuver, advantage over the enemy, fighting doctrine, information dominance, maneuver warfare, decisive place, ground maneuver, tank division, precision strike, information warfare Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, Industrial Age, United States, Army of Northern Virginia, Joshua Chamberlain, National Command Authority, Tactical Internet, General Lee, Little Round Top, Douglas Haig, Operation Desert Storm, Super Weapon, Computer Age, Department of Defense, Harpers Ferry, Marine Corps, South Mountain, State Department, Army of the Potomac, Round One, Southeast Asia New!
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- Moby Dick (Bibliotheque Des Grands Classiques)(Illustrated) (French Edition) by Melville on page 51, and page 194
- The Quest for Victory: The History of the Principles of War (Contributions in Military Studies) by John I. Alger in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Moby Dick (Usborne Classics) by H Melville on page 51, and page 194
- Moby Dick (French Edition) by Herman Melville on page 51, and page 194
- On War (Dodo Press) by Carl von General Clausewitz on page 159, and Back Matter
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