[.ca] Combined Arms Warfare-20th Cent(pb (ISBN 0700610987)

Oh! What it could have been.:
This is, I hate to say it, a mis-titled book. More a history of technological and organizational innovation in the five major armed forces it covers, the book singularly fails to address, with detailed examples, how the weapons and force structures that resulted were used in combined arms systems on the battlefield. It is odd that this is the case. The author obviously has a deep, well researched understanding of the subject supported by his own professional understanding of the material as a retired soldier. Those detailed examples are sitting in his brain. This makes his failure to get them on to the page less excusable and more unfortunate because his is virtually the only book availabe that makes an attempt to address this crucial theoretical aspect of modern warfare. 4 stars as a book on military evolution in the 20th Century. 2 stars as a book about combined arms. Average 3.