Clausewitzian Friction and Future War: Revised Edition - Softcover

Watts, Barry D

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1478215313 ISBN 13: 9781478215318

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

The original version of this paper, completed in December 1995, was condensed by Williamson Murray, editor of Brassey’s Mershon American Defense Annual, for the 1996–1997 edition. This condensation did not include three entire sections that are part of this present study (chapter 3 on Scharnhorst’s influence, chapter 6 on strategic surprise, and chapter 9, which contained air combat data bearing on the role of friction in future war). Dr. Murray also cut significant parts of other sections, especially in chapter 10, and precipitated a fair amount of rewriting as he and I worked toward a version that met his length constraint but still reflected the essence of the original paper. While this process led to many textual improvements, it did not generate any substantive changes.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1478215313
• ISBN 13: 9781478215318
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 134