Scales on War
Title | Scales on War PDF eBook |
Author | Robert H. Scales |
Publisher | US Naval Institute Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781682471029 |
"Scales on War is a collection of ideas, concepts, and observations about contemporary war taken from over thirty years of research, writing, and personal experience by retired Maj. Gen. Bob Scales. Each chapter addresses a distinct topic facing the upcoming prospects of America's military, including tactical ground warfare, future gazing, the draft, and the role of women in the infantry. Fusing all of these topics together is Scales' belief that, throughout its history, the United States has favored a technological approach to fighting its wars and has neglected its ground forces."--Provided by publisher.
Scales on War
Title | Scales on War PDF eBook |
Author | Bob Scales |
Publisher | Naval Institute Press |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2016-09-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1626741034 |
Scales on War is a collection of ideas, concepts and observations about contemporary war taken from over 30 years of research, writing and personal experience by retired Major General Bob Scales. The book melds Scales’ unique style of writing that includes contemporary military history, current events and his philosophy of ground warfare to create a very personal and expansive view of where Americn defense policies are heading in the future. The book is a collection. Each chapter addresses distinct topics that embrace tactical ground warfare, future gazing, the draft and the role of women in the infantry. His uniting thesis is that throughout its history the United States has favored a technological approach to fighting its wars and has neglected its ground forces. America’s enemies have learned though the experience of battle how to defeat American technology. The consequences of a learning and adaptive enemy has been a continuous string of battlefield defeats. Scales argues that only a resurgent land force of Army and Marine small units will restore America’s fighting competence.
Certain Victory
Title | Certain Victory PDF eBook |
Author | Robert H. Scales |
Publisher | Potomac Books, Inc. |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1998-02-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1612340776 |
The official U.S. Army account of Army performance in the Gulf War, Certain Victory was originally published by the Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, in 1993. Brig. Gen. Scales, who headed the Army's Desert Storm Study Project, offers a highly readable and abundantly illustrated chronicle.
The Scales Family History
Title | The Scales Family History PDF eBook |
Author | M G (Ret) Robert H Scales |
Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 2022-12-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1665576596 |
Since early childhood Major General “Bob” Scales had always wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps to be a soldier. His story is an Army story. It tells of three generations of service by a family that, beginning with two World War II officers, spawned six decades of service to the Nation. General Scales and his wife, Diana, have lived through twenty nine military moves, a near death experience in Vietnam, seven year’s separation and eleven overseas assignments, to forge a partnership of service very rare in America today. These pages tell in vignette style a piece of military history from early days in the Philippines, through post war Germany, Vietnam and Cold War Europe. Scales’ career from West Point cadet to general officer offers a view of military life unique to a culture increasingly forgotten today.
Yellow Smoke
Title | Yellow Smoke PDF eBook |
Author | Robert H. Scales |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2005-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780742517745 |
This timely book draws upon a long and distinguished military career and wars dating back to Korea for lessons for America's future land wars. Scales looks at Afghanistan and Iraq, and ahead to a wargame scenario of Kosovo 2020 to develop a picture of the American style of war. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Sherman Invades Georgia
Title | Sherman Invades Georgia PDF eBook |
Author | John R. Scales |
Publisher | US Naval Institute Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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A longtime Special Forces officer with a Ph.D. in systems engineering presents a new perspective on one of the legendary campaigns of the Civil War, General William T. Sherman's invasion of Georgia. Unlike most Civil War books that either treat individual battles and campaigns in a historical sense and give short shrift to planning, or study campaign planning with snippets from various campaigns to document specific features, General John Scales's book takes advantage of modern planning techniques to fully examine what went into the Georgia campaign. He has limited the information in his book to that possessed by General Sherman at the time, as documented in his correspondence during the campaign and not in his after-the-fact reports and autobiography. Laid out in chapters that follow the format of an "estimate of the situation," this book doesn't simply recount the facts or attempt to provide a definitive history - other books do that - rather it offers a narrative of the campaign that illustrates a logical decision-making process as formulated in modern times. Published in cooperation with the Associations of the United States Army, the book serves two audiences: military professionals can use it for training purposes and Civil War buffs and interested laymen can gain a sense of the uncertainty that real commanders face by not having all the records of both sides at hand.
The Invisible War
Title | The Invisible War PDF eBook |
Author | Ailsa Wild |
Publisher | Graphic Universe& 8482 |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1541545281 |
In 1916 on the Western Front, Annie Barnaby nurses combat-wounded and sick soldiers but a smaller and equally deadly battle is occuring in her intestines as her phages fight disentery.