War in the Heart and Mind
Title | War in the Heart and Mind PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel L. Zajac |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Combat |
ISBN |
"This monograph seeks to determine if the moral domain of battle for guerrilla soldiers is different from that of conventional soldiers"--Abstract
War In The Heart And Mind: The Moral Domain Of The Guerrilla Warrior
Title | War In The Heart And Mind: The Moral Domain Of The Guerrilla Warrior PDF eBook |
Author | Major Daniel L. Zajac |
Publisher | Pickle Partners Publishing |
Pages | 89 |
Release | 2015-11-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1782899944 |
This monograph seeks to determine if the moral detrain of battle for guerrilla soldiers is different from that of conventional soldiers. The works of classical and contemporary military theorists address various factors that impact on the moral domain of battle for the individual soldier. These works discuss the moral domain almost exclusively from the perspective of conventional soldiers. As the United States faces the challenges of the post-Cold War world, the likelihood of military intervention in conflicts involving guerrilla warfare may increase, if established moral domain theory does not apply to guerrilla warfare then new paradigms addressing the guerrilla merit investigation. Understanding what motivates the guerrilla soldier in combat will assist the U.S. Army in the development of tactics, techniques and procedures to defeat guerilla movements. This study focuses on rural-based guerrillas in combat at the tactical level of war. The evidence includes a review of theory on the moral domain and case studies on the guerrilla forces of the Yugoslavian Partisans (1941-44) and the Viet Cong (1960-75). Classical and contemporary theories describing the moral domain of conventional soldiers provide a base line for comparisons with guerrilla fighters. The monograph employs Anthony Kellett’s “factors affecting combat motivation” as criteria in a comparative analysis of the guerrilla’s moral domain. Those factors are: importance of the primary group; unit esprit; manpower allocation; socialization; training; discipline; leadership; ideology; rewards; preconceptions of combat; aspects of combat; combat stress; and combat behavior. The monograph concludes that Kellett’s factors and much of the classical moral domain theory do apply to the guerrilla. However, while the basic construct is applicable, the nature of some factors is significantly different. The Monograph explores these differences and their implications for counterguerrilla doctrine.
War in the Heart and Mind
Title | War in the Heart and Mind PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel L. Zajac |
Publisher | |
Pages | 57 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Combat |
ISBN |
"This monograph seeks to determine if the moral domain of battle for guerrilla soldiers is different from that of conventional soldiers"--Abstract.
Government Reports Announcements & Index
Title | Government Reports Announcements & Index PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 872 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Science |
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Government Reports Annual Index
Title | Government Reports Annual Index PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1300 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Government reports announcements & index |
ISBN |
The New Art of War
Title | The New Art of War PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey F. Weiss |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 890 |
Release | 2021-09-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108943810 |
Many of war's lethal failures are attributable to ignorance caused by a dearth of contemporary, accessible theory to inform warfighting, strategy, and policy. To remedy this problem, Colonel Geoffrey F. Weiss offers an ambitious new survey of war's nature, character, and future in the tradition of Sun Tzu and Clausewitz. He begins by melding philosophical and military concepts to reveal war's origins and to analyze war theory's foundational ideas. Then, leveraging science, philosophy, and the wisdom of war's master theorists, Colonel Weiss presents a genuinely original framework and lexicon that characterizes and clarifies the relationships between humanity, politics, strategy, and combat; explains how and why war changes form; offers a methodology for forecasting future war; and ponders the permanence of war as a human activity. The New Art of War is an indispensable guide for understanding human conflict that will change how we think and communicate about war.
A Philosophy of War
Title | A Philosophy of War PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Moseley |
Publisher | Algora Publishing |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0875861830 |
"War's origins are complex: they are found in the nebulous systems of thoughts generated in cultures over time. But while reason and explication can unravel those origins - and explain why man wages war - the task of abolishing war can never be completed.