On Tactics
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A01=B. A. Friedman
A01=Brett A. Friedman
Ardant du Picq
Author_B. A. Friedman
Author_Brett A. Friedman
battlefield decision making
battlefield leadership
Carl von Clausewitz
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=JWK
Category=NHW
Category=NL-HB
Category=NL-JW
Clausewitz theory
combat decision making
combat effectiveness
combat leadership
combat power
command and control
COP=United States
culminating point
decentralized command
decentralized command and control
defensive operations
Discount=15%
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eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
Format=BB
HMM=203
IMPN=Naval Institute Press
initiative in combat
ISBN13=9781682471630
J F C Fuller
John Boyd
Language_English
maneuver warfare
military history theory
military strategy
military theory
mission tactics
moral cohesion
offensive and defensive operations
offensive operations
PA=Available
PD=20170530
POP=Annopolis
Price_€20 to €50
principles of war
Principles of War checklist
professional military education
PS=Active
PUB=Naval Institute Press
Subject=History
Subject=Warfare & Defence
tactical doctrine
tactical leadership
tactical planning
tactical tenets
tactical theory
war studies
WMM=203
Product details
- ISBN 9781682471630
- Weight: 371g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 29 Jun 2017
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- Publication City/Country: Annopolis, US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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On Tactics is intended to be the remedy to the chaotic and thus far unformed realm of tactical theory and to answer questions like the one above. Part One of the book will establish a tactical system meant to replace the Principles of War checklist. First, the contextual role of tactics with regards to strategy and war will be established. This will necessarily lean on major strategic theories in order to illuminate the role of tactics. This section will be formed around the Physical, Mental, and Moral planes of battlefield interaction used by theorists such as J.F.C Fuller and John Boyd. Each plane will then be examined in turn, and many of the classic Principles of War will be discussed along with some new ones. It will present some standard methods that tacticians can use to gain an advantage on the battlefield using historical examples that illustrate each concept. These “tactical tenants” include maneuver, mass, firepower, tempo, surprise, deception, confusion, shock, and the role of the moral aspects of combat. Finally, Part One will circle back around by discussing the role of tactical victory- once achieved- in contributed to a strategy. Part One is short by design. It is intended to be both compelling and easily mastered for junior non-commissioned officers and company grade officers, while still rich enough to be interesting to both specialist and non-specialist academics. It is a book meant not just for bookshelves but also for ruck sacks and cargo pockets.
Part Two will build on Part One by exploring concepts with which the tactician must be familiar with such as the culminating point of victory, mission tactics and decentralized command and control, offensive and defensive operations, and the initiative. Part Three will conclude the book examining implications of the presented tactical systems to a variety of other issues in strategic studies.
B. A. Friedman grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and entered the Marine Corps after graduating high school in 2000. He attended The Ohio State University and gained a B.A. in History as well as the Naval War College where he gained a M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies. He transitioned to the Marine Corps Reserve in 2016 as a Captain.
