The Future of Warfare
Index
Abrams M1A1 tank, 68 n.7
Abrams M1A2 tank, 76, 78 n.18
advanced field artillery system
(AFAS), 77 n.18
Afghanistan, 72-74, 212
Africa, 29
- see also specific countries
Afrikaans, 87, 116
aggression, nationalistic, 59
AGS (armored gun system), 77 n.18
AH-64D Apache attack helicopter, 78 n.18
aircraft, early-warning, 56
aircraft carriers, 17 n.2, 54-58
air strikes, selective, 215
Alexander the Great, 69, 121
Algeria, 212
Allenby, Edmund, 124, 127
ambushes
- in Indochina, 569—570
- in Korean War, 151-152
America First theories, 21, 21 n.5
An Khe (Vietnam), 192
Apache attack helicopter, 67, 78 n.18
Ap Bac (Vietnam), 180-181
Aqaba, 124
Argentina, 55-56
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, 31 n.15
Armenia, 111, n.122
armor, 66-68
armored gun system (AGS), 77 n.i8
army tactical missile system
(ATACMS), 78 n.18
Army War College, 49
artillery, 65
Aspin, Les, 52
ATACMS (army tactical missile system), 78 n.18
attrition warfare, 183, 192, 203
autarky,. 27
Awacs, 81-82 n.22
Bao Dai, 176
BAT (brilliant anti-armor submunitions), 78 n.18
Battle of the Bulge, 131
battles, convergent assault, 68-69, 71 n.10
Bedouins, 119, 120-128
Beyers, Christiaan F., 106
BFV (Bradley fighting vehicle), 78 n.18
Bienhoa air base, 182
Bismarck, Otto von, 207
Black Hawk MH-60K helicopter, 78 n.18
Blake, John Y. F., 113
Bloemfontein, 95, 97, 99
body counts, 583, 192
Boer War, 86-116
- achievement of Boers’ goals in, 87
- background to, 87-88
- concentration camps in 97-98, 109-110
- disorganization of Bocr army in, 90-92
- end of “conventional war,” 101-102
- guerrilla tactics in, 99-101, 104-106, 108-109
- initial Boer strategy in, 88-90, 92-94
- initial British strategy in, 92-95
- Kitchener’s strategy in , 110-112
- Mauser rifle, role of, 90
- peace negotiations, 115-116
- public resistance to British role in, 97-98, 109-110
- regional forces in, 165 n.3
- scorched earth policy of British in, 97, 102-103, 107-108
- stalemate in, 114-115
- survival tactics of Boers in, 113-114
- weaknesses of British in, 96-97
Bosnia, 32 n.16, 111 n.12, 206, 208
Botha, Louis, 102
bows, 66
Bradley fighting vehicle (BFV), 78 n.18
brilliant anti-armor submunitions
(BAT), 78 n.18
Brinks Hotel, 182
Britain, 55-60
- and Arabian Turks, 118-120, 123-124, 127-128
- as colonial power, 25
- naval power of, 17, 54-55
- see also Boer War
Brown, Thomas W. (Tim), 197—198, 201
Buchanan, Patrick, 21 n.5
Buddhists, in Vietnam, 177
Bullets, Redvers, 94-95
bunker defenses, 159
Burger, Schalk, 102
Bush, George, 22
Cagle, Vice Admiral M.W., 58
Cambodia, 45, 177, 186, 187
camels, 126
Camp Holloway, 182
Cape Colony, 87, 88
capitalism, 10
carriers, 17 n.2, 54-58
Catecka, 197
Cedras, Raoul, 31 n.15
CH-47 Chinook helicopter, 195
Chapman, Stephen, 209
chemical-energy missiles, 68
Cheney, Dick, 52
Chiang Kai-shek, 132, 135-138, 140-142, 149
Chiapas, 30
China, 215
- and Cold War, 205
- at Geneva Conference, 176, 177
- and Korean and Vietnam Wars, 16 n.1
- and Korean reunification, 37
- Korean War strategy of, 16 n.1, , 39, 148-159
- most-favored nation status for, 210 n.2
- strategic interests of, 35—37
- and Vietnam, 16 n.1, 41
- see also Mao Zedong
Chinese civil war, 150
Chinese Communist Party, 138
Chinook CH-47 helicopter, 195
Chinook MH- 47E helicopter, 78 n.18
Chongchon River, 152, 153
chromium 6i
Chu Pong massif, 192-193, 198-200, 202
Civil War (U.S.), 18 n.3, 43, 94, 110
Clausewitz, Karl von, 42 , 43
Clemenceau, Georges, 42
Clinton, Bill, 210 n.2
Clinton administration, 32 n.16, 33
CNN, 31
cobalt, 61
Cold War, 11, 22, 24, 205-206
Colenso (South Africa), 94
Comanche RAH-66 helicopter, 77 n.18
communism, repudiation of, 10
compound bow, 66
concentration camps, in Boer War, 97—98, 109-110
Congress of Berlin, 207
convergent assault battles, 68-69, 71 n.10
Coroalles, Anthony M., 68, 70, 72-73
counterrnsurgent warfare, 161
Cronje, Piet, 94, 95, 102
crossbow, 66
cruise missiles, 56-57
Cuba, 30
Cuban missile crisis, 18 n.3
danger points, 38
Deal, Dennis J., 199
Defense Department, 52
defensive wars, 63, 218
defensive weapons, offensive vs., 65— 68
De La Rey, J . H. “Koos,” 93-95, 102, 104-106, 112-113
Devney, Alan E., 199
De Wet, Christiaan, 99-106
Diem, Ngo Dinh, 176-178
Diem, Nhu, 177
Dien Bien Phu, 163, 173-175
dispersion, as defense against missiles, 80-81
Dominican Republic, 30, 219 n.4
Drucker, Peter F., 25 n.8
Dubik, James M., 25-26 n.9
Duc Co (Viemam), 193
Dupuy, William, 192
E-2C Hawkeye aircraft carrier, 82 n.22
E-3 Awacs, 81-82 n.22
E-8 aircraft, 81
Early-warning aircraft, 56
economic factors in conflicts, 59-60
Edwards, Robert H., 109
Eisenhower (aircraft carrier), 55
electromagnetic pulses, 49
English longbow, 66
Eurasia, and U.S. strategic policy, 16-29
European Union, 60, 61
F-14 aircraft, 57
F-15C aircraft, 63
F/A-18 aircraft, 57
Falklands War, 55-56, 72
“falling-domino theory,” 16 n.1, 44, 161, 177, 216
Federal Aviation Administration, 79, 82
Feisal, Prince, 118—119, 123-124
firepower, U.S. reliance on, 63-64, 158
fixing forces, 69-70
France, and war in Indochina, 162-175, 212
free trade, 24—27
French Revolution, 19
Garrison, William, 48
General Agreement on Tanffs and
Trade (GATT), 26 n.10
General Electric, 81
Geneva Conference, 175-177, 216
Germany
- battle strategy of, in World War II, 71
- U.S. Army divisions in, 75 n.15
- Giap, Vo Nguyen, 141, 178, 183
- attack, rules for, 168-169
- baiting of Americans by, 188-189
- and Dien Bien Phu, 172-175
- on guerrilla phase of conflict, 166-167
- indirect war theory of, 163—164.
- types of forces formed by, 165 n.3
global positioning system (GPS), 79- 80
Great Depression, 19, 207-208
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity
Sphere, 27, 38
Grenada, 30
Grenfell, H. M., 112
Guam, 208 n.1
Guderian, Heinz, 71
guerrilla tactics and warfare
- in Boer War, 99-101, 104-106, 108, 109
- defensive character of, 46-47
- in French Indochina, 161-172
- in future conflicts, 218
- in Korean War, 150-152, 159
- Lawrence of Arabia’s utilization of, 117-128
- Mao Zedong’s strategy of, 129-131, 141-147
- as potential trap for United States, 47-49
- stalemate created by, 184 .
- in Vietnam, 39-40, 180-182
Guerrilla Warfare (Mao Zcdong), 138-140
Guilmartin, John F., Jr., 49-50
Gulf War, see Persian Gulf War
Gustavus Adolphus, 69
Haiti, 30, 31 n.15, 219 n.4
Hamilton, Ian, 104
Hannibal, 122
Hawaii, 208 n.1
Hawkeye E-2C aircraft carrier, 82 n.22
heavy forces, 73 n.13
heavy weapons, 65-66
Hejaz Railway, 119, 120, 120, 124-125, 127
helicopters, 67
- in future conflicts, 217-218
- as maneuver force, 70-74
- in Vietnam War, 195-196
Hellfire missile, 67
Herren, John D., 198, 199
Herrick, Henry T., 199-201
Hertzog, James Barry, 102, 106
He Yingqin, 136
Hitler, Adolf, 19-22, 43, 111 n.12, 211
Hobhouse, Emily, 109
Ho Chi Minh, 99, 141, 162, 176, 183
Ho Clii Minh Trail, 72, 177, 187, 193
Horchkiss automatic machine gun, 126
Huey-D UH-1 lift helicopters, 195
Hunter, Archibald, 103
Hussein, Saddam, see Saddam Hussein
Hussein (sharif of Mecca), 118
Hydaspes River, battle at, 69
Inchon, 148, 213
Independence (aircraft carrier), 55
Indochina, 161-175, 212
- application of Maoist guerrilla strategy in, 161-162, 166-167
- Dien Bien Phu, French defeat at, 163, 173-175
- Vietminh strategy in, 162-172
- see also Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam War
interventions, 209-210, 213-216, 218-219
Iran, 19, , 38
Iraq, 19, 22, 28, 40
isolationism, 207-208
Israel, 72
Jackson, Stonewall, 74
Japan, 16 n.1, 148
- and China, 37-38, 138-141
- protectionist efforts by, 26 n.10, 27
- and Russia, 36
- U.S. policy in, after World War II, 43
Javelin antitank missile, 51, 77 n.18
Jaxartes River, 121
Jiang Zemin, 36, 38S
Jinggang shan, 132
Johnson, Lyndon B., 32, 178, 181, 180, 189, 204
Johnson, U. Alexis, 186
joint surveillance target attack radar system (JSTARS), 81-82
joint task forces (JTF), 75-76
Joubert, P. J. “Piet,” 102
JSTARS (joint surveillance target attack radar system), 81-82
JTF (joint task forces), 75-76
Kennedy, John F., 179-180
Khe Sanh, 204
Khrushchev, Nikita, 18 n.3
Kimberley (South Africa), 89, 94.
kinetic-energy weapon, 67
Kinnard, Harry W.O., 195, 197
Kiowa Warrior 0H-58D armed scout helicopter, 77 n.18
Kipling, Rudyard, 40
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, 40, 94, 103-110, 112, 115-116
KMT, see Kuomintang
kops (kopjes), 92-93
Korea, see North Korea; South Korea
Korean War, 16 n.1, , 37, 215-216
- Chinese strategy in, 39, 148-159
- guerrilla tactics in, 48-49
- as limited conflict, 38-39
- role of U.S. firepower in, 64
- T~ tanks in, 48-49, 51
Kritzinger, Pieter Henrick, 102, 106
Kruger, Paul, 102
Kuomintang (KMT), 132-133, 135-143, 150
Kuwait, 22
Ladysmith (South Africa), 89
Laos, 45, 72, 177, 186, 187
Latin America, U.S. strategic policy in, 30-31
Lawrence, T. E. (Lawrence of Arabia), 117-127, 212
- background of, 118
- and Feisal, 118-119
- Mao Zedong’s strategy compared
- with, 129-130
- strategy of, 119-127
Lebanon, Israeli invasion of, 72
LeFebvre, Louis R., 200
Lewis automatic machine gun, 126
LICs, see low-intensity conflicts
limited conflicts, 38-39
Line-of-sight antitank (LOSAT) weapon, 67 n.4, 78 n.18
littorals, 54
Lloyd George, David, 109
Longbow Apache, 78 n.18
Long March, 138
LOSAT (line-of-sight antitank) weapon, 67 n.4, 78 n.18
low-intensity conflicts (LICs), 45-48
- and changes in U.S. military strategy, 63—64
- in Vietnam war, 179—180
Lycoming, 81
M1A1 Abrams tank, 68 n.7
MIA2 Abrams tank, 76, 78 n.18
M109A6 Paladin 155mm self-propelled howitzer, 77-78, n.18
MacArthur, Douglas, 42-43, 148,154, 213
McGarr, Lionel C., 182-183
machine gun, 90 n.2
Mafeking (South Africa), 89, 101
Mahan, Alfred Thayer, 54
Malaya, 86-87
Man, Chu Hoy, 192-194, 198-199
Manchuria, 142
maneuver forces, 70
- helicopters as, 70-74
- revised strategy based on, 74-76
manganese, 61
manifest destiny, 42
Mao Zedong, 129-147. 167 n.4, 212, 218, 219
- creation of Red Army by, 532-135
- French Indochina, application of strategy in, 161-162, 166-167
- guerrilla strategy of, 129-131, 141-147
- and Japanese invaders, 138-140
- Korean War strategy of, 149, 155, 159
- and Kuomintang, 135—138, 150
- Lawrence of Arabia’s strategy compared with, 129-130
- Vietnam War, application of strategy, 160
Mauser rifle, 90
Maxim, Hiram, 90 n.2
May Lai, 191
Medina, 119, 120, 124-125
Methuen, Lord, 112-113
Mexico, 18 n.3, 30
MH-4-7E Chinook helicopter, 78 n.18
MH-60K Black Hawk helicopter, 78 n.18
mid-intensity war, 179, 180
Miller, David, 107-108
Miller, Gerald B., 41
Milner, Alfred, 115-116 n.17
Milosevic, Slobodan, 211
mines, 58
missiles, , 66
- chemical-energy, 68
- defensive armor, superiority over,
- 78—80
- dispersion as defense against, 80-81
MLRS (multiple-launch rocket system), 78 n.18
Monroe Doctrine, 18, 18 n.3
Moore, Harold C., 198-201
Moorer, Thomas H., 187
multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS), 78 n.18
Murray, Archibald, 118, 124
muskets, 66
Mussolini, Benito, 211
Nadal, Ramon A. (Tony), 198, 199
NAFTA, see North American Free Trade Agreement
Napoleon Bonaparte, 16, 17, 19, 74
nationalistic aggression, 59
Nationalists, see Kuomintang
nation-building, as foreign policy goal, 32-33
Native Americans, 42, 43
NATO, see North Atlantic Treaty Organization
naval blockades, 215
naval power 25
- Great Britain, 54-55
- United States, 17-18, 53-58
Navarre, Henri, 173, 174
Navstar global-positioning system, 79-80
negotiation, 212
Nelson, Horatio, 17
Nimitz -class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, 55
Nixon, Richard M., 186
NLOS-CA (non-line-of-sight combined arms), 78 n.18
non-line-of-sight combined arms (NLOS-CA), 78 n.18
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),24-25, 60, 61
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 21 n.4, 28, 32 n.16, 206, 208
North Korea, 36-37, 148, 149, 156, 213, 215-216
North Vietnam, 176-178, 184, 186-187, 189, 192-204
“not too badly wrong” policy, 51-52
nuclear holocaust, fear of, 206
nuclear weapons, consequences of using, 10-11
oceans, effect of, 53
offensive weapons, defensive vs., 65-68
OH- 58D Kiowa Warrior armed scout helicopter, 77 n.18
oil supplies, 21, 25, 59-60
Omdurman (Sudan), 40
Onjong (Korea), 152-153
Orange Free State, 86, 87, 95, 102-105, 112
Paladin M109A6 155mm self-propelled howitzer, 77-78 n.18
Panama, 30, 47, 214
Panama Canal, 208 n.1
Patton, George S., 69
Pearl Harbor, 20, 27, 60
Peng Dehuai, 149
Persian Gulf, U.S. domination of, 59-60
Persian Gulf War, 22, 35, 40, 49, 62-63, 210
- disruption of supply lines in, 187
- missiles in, 56-57, 79, 80
- U.S. carriers in, 55
Peru, 30
Philippines, 208 n.1
platinum, 61
Plei Me, 193-195
political ends, war as means of attaining, 43
politicians, and military conflicts, 42
Porus, King, 69
power, desire for, 11
Pretoria, 97
Prinsloo, Marthinus, 103
protectionism, U.S., 24-27
protracted war, 146, 160, 167 n.4
public resistance, to Boer War, 97-98, 109-110
Puerto Rico, 208 n.1
Quintus Fabius Maximus, 122
Raach, George T., 211 n.3
RAH-66 Comanche helicopter, 77 n.18
reactive armor, 66 n.3
Red Army (China), 132-135
regional conflicts strategy, 52
regional forces, 165 n.3
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 94, 101-102, 105
rockets, 66
Roman Empire, 122
Romnel, Erwin, 67,74
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 20, 27, 42
Roosevelt, Theodore, 220
Rothmann, Harry E., 51-52, 71-76
Royal Navy, 54-55
Ruijin, 132
Russia, 10
- Iran, effect of attack on, 38
- and Japan, 36
- U.S. policy toward, 28-29
- see also Soviet Union
Rwanda, 32, n.16, 111 n.12, 209
SADARM (sense-and-destroy armor), 78 n.18
Saddam Hussein, 22, 35, 47, 211
Savage, Sergeant Clyde E., 200
Scud missiles, 49, 79
“search-and-destroy” strategy, 182-184, 189, 191, 195
Second Punic War, 122
selective air strikes, 215
sense-and-destroy armor (SADARM), 78 n.18
Shaver, David, 34 n.1
Sheffield (warship), 55-56
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 74, 110
Shining Path, 30
Sinnreich, Richard, 70-73
Smith, Adam, 60
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, 60
Smuts, Jan, 102, 116
SOA (special operations aircraft), 78 n.18
Somalia, 31-33, 48, 50, 209, 212, 214, 216, 219
South Africa, 61
- see also Boer War
South Korea, 36-37, 48, 75 n.15, 148, 149, 152-154
South Vietnam, 161, 176-178, 180-182, 184-190, 193-194, 202-204
Soviet Union, 20, 63
- and Cold War, 205
- disintegration of, 9-10
- at Geneva Conference, 174, 177
- and Korean and Vietnam Wars, 16 n.1
- see also Russia
special operations aircraft (SOA), 78 n.18
stalemate, in guerrilla warfare, 184
Stalin, Joseph, 20, 132
stealth aircraft, 58
stealth technology, 50
Steyn, Marthinus Theunis, 95, 102, 103, 116 n.17
Stinger missiles, 72
Storrs, Ronald, 118
Strait of Hormuz, 25, 26
Strait of Malacca, 26
“strategic hamlets” program, 185
Sudan, 40
Suez Canal, 119, 124
Sullivan, Gordon R., 25-26, n.9
Summers, Harry G., Jr., 146
Sun Tzu, 130, 162
superpower, United States as, 22-23, 34-35 ,
T34 tanks, 48-49, 51
Taejon (Korea), 49
Taiwan, 37, 48
tanks
- in Afghanistan, 73-74
- purpose of, 65
- reactive armor in, 66 n.3
- weapons against, 67
Taylor, Maxwell, 32
technology
- advances in military, 50-51
- sales of U.S. military, 82
television news, 31
Tet offensive, 39
theater high-altitude area defense
(THAAD), 32
Thirty Years War, 69
Tilelli, John H., Jr., 75
Tilly, Marshal, 69
Toffler, Alvin, 50
Toffler, Heidi, 50
Tomahawk cruise missiles, 56-57, 79
TOW improved target-acquisition system, 77 n.18
trade
- free, 24-27
- and oceans, 53 ;
- U.S. potential to affect world, 60-61
Trafalgar, 17
Transvaal, 86-88, 101-102, 112, 115
trench warfare, 70
tri-service standoff attack missile
(TSSAM), 78 n.18
Truman, Harry S., 149
TSSAM (tn-service standoff attack
missile), 78 n.18
Tully, Robert, 201
Turks, Lawrence of Arabia’s campaign
- against, 117-128
UH-1 Huey-D lift helicopters, 195
Unconditional surrender, policy of, 42-43
United Nations, 206, 208
- Korean War forces of, 150-152, 154, 156-157
United States
- and African conflicts, 29
- air force of, 57-58
- balanced military power of, 58-59
- and Cold War, 205-206
- defensive weapons of, 81-82
- economic domination by, 59-61
- and Eurasia, 16-29
- firepower, reliance on, 63-65
- and free trade, 24-27
- future conflicts involving, 31-33, 212-235
- as “honest broker,” 206-212
- interventions by, 209-210, 213-216, 218-219
- isolationism of, 207-208
- and Japan, 27
- and Korean War, 39, 48-49, 148-151, 153-159
- and Latin America, 30-31
- lessons of previous conflicts for, 215-216
- and low-intensity conflicts, 45—48
- manpower shortage of, 23
- military challenges facing, 217-220
- military preparedness strategy of, 51-52
- and missile technology, 79-82
- naval power of;, 17-18, 53-58
- and Persian Gulf War, 40
- potential opposition to, 35-40
- and Russia, 28-29
- and Somalia, 31-33, 48
- strategic interests of, 20-24, 28, 209
- superpower status of, 22-23, 34-35
- technology of, 50-51, 81-82
- threats to security of, 15-16, 49-50
- unchallenged military superiority of, 63
- “unconditional surrender” policy of, 42-43
- see also Persian Gulf War; U.S.
- Army; Vietnam War
Unsan (Korea), 153
U.S. Air Force, 57-58
U.S. Army, 58-59
- calls for shifts in warfare strategy of, 63-64
- current battle doctrine of, 69-70
- helicopters, role of, 70-74
- Rothmann’s proposal for future military structure of, 74-75
U.S. Marine Corps, 74
Vann, John Paul, 179, 181
Vereeniging (South Africa), 115, 116
victory, as means to end, 43
Viet Bac,, 171
Vietcong, 161, 177-185, 191-192, 197, 202-204
Vietminh, 162-175, 177, 178, 216
Vietnam War, 16 n.1, 32, 160-162, 176-204, 212-213
- avoidability of, 216
- background to, 176-178
- Giap’s strategy in, 188-190
- as guerrilla war, 39-40
- and “hearts and minds” of South Vietnamese, 184—186
- helicopters in, 72, 195-196
- Johnson’s strategy in, 182-184, 186-187
- Kennedy’s strategy in, 179-180
- as limited conflict, 38-39
- and Mao’s theory of guerrilla warfare, 139, 141
- as political struggle, 178-179
- public resistance to U.S. role in, 98
- strategic errors of United. States in, 190-192
- Tet offensive, 39, 203-204
- U.S. aircraft losses in, 58
- and U.S. political leadership, 41-42, 44—45
- U.S. reliance on firepower in, 65, 158
- Vietcong engagement of U.S. forces in,
- 193-195, 197-204
- Vietcong victories in, 180—182
- weapons used by Communists in, 217
Viljoen, Ben, 102
Walker, Walton H., 154
walled cities, 162
War and Anti-War (Alvin and Heidi Toffler), 50
war of attrition, 183, 203, 201
Waterloo, 131
wealth, disparity of, 30-31
Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith), 60
weapons
- and air-maneuver divisions, 77
- decreasing importance of, 62-64
- in future conflicts, 62-64, 217
- purpose of heavy, 65-66
- superior technology of U.S., 81-82
- U.S. imperative to continue development of, 217
- of Vietminh, 165-166
- see also firepower; missiles
Wejh, 123-124
Westmoreland, William C., 112, 188-190, 192, 195, 203
will, as major factor in future conflicts, 62-63
World Trade Organization, 26 n.10
World War I, 70, 207-208
World War II, 20
- antitank gun in, 67
- German battle strategy in, 75
- massed armies in, 80
- role of U.S. firepower in, 64 j.
- “unconditional surrender” policy in, 43
XM8 armored gun system, 68 n.7
Yalu River, 37, 148, 150, 154
Yeltsin, Boris, 21 n.4
Yenbo, 123
Yugoslavia, 32, 32 n.16
Zaire, 61
Zambia, 61
Zhu De, 133, 135
Zimmemiann telegram, 18 n.3