Small Wars Manual
Tactics and Strategies for Engaging in Military OperationsBy United States Marine Corps
Length18h 28m
About this audiobook
The Small Wars Manual is a manual on tactics and strategies for engaging in certain types of military operations created by the United States Marine Corps. The purpose of this work is sharing experience and preserving the achievements of tactics and organization of small wars, or different military operations of the United States in countries where government is "unstable, inadequate, or unsatisfactory for the preservation of life and of such interests as are determined by the foreign policy" of the United States. The book starts with the definition of the term "small war" and continues into more than 500 pages on tactics, personnel structure, communication chain, transportation and logistics, military-civil relationship, psychological side of war, training, and support of native armed organizations and much more. The book is extremely interesting as a manual on tactics, whether it is used for a military operation or any other sort of massive campaign involving a large part of population, like elections. For example, it contains a chapter telling how to plan and organize legally the disarmament of local population. It tells what laws should be issued and what organizations form, what sort of personnel should be involved and what should be their roles. A reader will find guidelines on how to distribute and spare resources needed for a campaign, and how to properly cross a river in a dangerous area. Given the book's organization, structure and abundance of important information, covering different aspects of civil and military campaigns, this volume is a must-read for any person engaged in a state service or a student considering career in serving their country.
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Length18 hrs 28 mins
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Publish dateDec 3, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Small Wars Manual
2CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
3SECTION I GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
41-1. Small wars defined.
51-2. Classes of small wars.
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61-3. Some legal aspects of small wars.
71-4. Functions of headquarters Marine Corps.
81-5. Phases of small wars.
91-6. Summary.
10SECTION II STRATEGY
111-7. The basis of the strategy.
121-8. Nature of the operations.
131-9. National war.
14SECTION III PSYCHOLOGY
151-10. Foreword.
161-11. Characteristics.
171-12. Fundamental considerations.
181-13. Revolutionary tendencies.
191-14. Basic instincts.
201-15. Attitude and bearing.
211-16. Conduct of our troops.
221-17. Summary.
23SECTION IV RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT
241-18. Importance of cooperation.
251-19. Principles prescribed by Navy Regulations.
261-20. Contact with State Department representatives.
27SECTION V THE CHAIN OF COMMAND—NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
281-21. Navy regulations.
291-22. Control of joint operations.
301-23. The directive.
311-24. Naval officer commanding ashore.
321-25. Marine officer commanding ashore.
331-26. Marine—Constabulary.
341-27. Direct control by Navy Department.
35SECTION VI MILITARY—CIVIL RELATIONSHIP
361-28. Importance.
371-29. Contact with national government officials.
381-30. Cooperation with law-enforcement agencies.
391-31. Contact with inhabitants.
40CHAPTER II ORGANIZATION
41SECTION I THE ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION
422-1. General.
432-2. The mission.
442-3. Factors to be considered in estimating enemy strength.
452-4. Relative strength.
462-5. Enemy courses of action.
472-6. Own courses of action.
482-7. The decision.
492-8. Supporting measures.
502-9. Campaign and operation plans.
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