Maneuver Warfare Collection
There is nothing m Maneuver in War that suggests Marine Corps doctrine or style is as woefully deficient as the maneuverists claim; rather, it shows that maneuver is one of several means to an end, and the attainment of that end is more likely when the commander accommodates the "basic and
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The movement of Union troops southward from Tennessee, resulting in the battle of Brice's Crossroads, was ordered by MajGen William T. Sherman, USA, who hoped to trap MajGen [Nathan B. Forrest] in the reaches of Mississippi and thus prevent him from interfering with his campaign in Georgia. Sherman
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This belies far too narrow an understanding of [Ulysses S. Grant] in particular and warfare in general. As stated in the latest edition of FM 100-5, Grant's Vicksburg Campaign in 1863 is the finest example of maneuver warfare ever conducted on the American continent. But the following year, as
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The authors define military reform as an effort to make all our defense policies and practices, from the infantry squad to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Congress, serve the purpose of winning in combat. The authors take great care to explain what the reform movement is not because they
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The final section consists of a series of stimulating tactics lectures delivered to the Amphibious Warfare School (AWS) by Col Michael D. Wyly during the 81-82 academic year. Early in the book [William S. Lind] acknowledges Wyly's help in reviewing manuscript drafts; later in his introduction to
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While Gen Simpkin provides a substantive and useful bibliography, the absence of footnotes is frustrating.
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In the heat of battle [George Armstrong Custer] made a decision that a good maneuverist would approve of; he issued a mission-oriented order to Capt Fred Benteen, one of two subunit commanders detailed to carry out Custer's plan. The order, dispatched by Custer's trumpeter, read as follows:
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Thereby hangs the thread that inextricably weaves combat intelligence into the fabric of tactical operations in general and maneuver operations in particular. Perhaps more so than any other form of the military art, maneuver warfare poignantly illustrates that combat intelligence is decidedly not a
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This is an interesting history of Marine actions and unusual approach to pacification in the Vietnam war. Gen [Lewis Walt]'s position as commanding general of Marine forces in Vietnam from 1965 to mid-1967 makes this a unique account.
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by Maj G.I. Wilson, USMCR Lt Tharp’s article on Anzio (MCG, Sep84) gives us valuable insights into contemporary MAGTF operations and identifies logistics as the Achilles’ heel of maneuver warfare.
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