Written by a renowned expert in modern conflicts, this fully illustrated book provides an examination of ground warfare over the past 20 years and looks ahead to the future. Using lessons drawn from recent history including the war in Ukraine, Boots on the Ground offers a fascinating insight into how armies and battlefields of the future will look. Each chapter details one key aspect of modern ground warfare, expertly assessing the technologies and tactics in use at the sharp end. From artillery, nicknamed the "God of War," to combat engineering, to the so-called "battlefield taxis" or Infantry Fighting Vehicles, each chapter is packed full of detail and unpublished photographs. Boots on the Ground also reveals the increasing importance of the "Grey Zone" and how cyber operations will have a direct impact on operations. This has been evident in Ukraine where cities have been attacked by Russian drones and Ukrainian forces sank a Russian ship in the Black Sea using a Bayraktar drone. Bu
Author Knutsen helped develop strike weapons at the US Navy's airborne weapons establishment at China Lake, CA. Here, he uses nontechnical language and simplified b&w diagrams to explain the role
Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea under sail; our knowledge of tactics is largely based upon the id
This new volume provides a comprehensive analysis of both the theory and practice of operational warfare at sea.The book is unique in using diverse sources and examples to present a comprehensive topi
This work explains and critically examines the main theoretical aspects of operational warfare at sea. It utilises diverse examples from naval history, ranging from the ancient era to the present day,
Ranging from ancient times to the twenty-first century, a visual history of combat at sea examines every aspect of warfare on, above, and under the sea, in a volume that features more than five hundre
