The Calculus of Conventional War: Dynamic Analysis without Lanchester Theory

by Joshua M. Epstein

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Conventional forces absorb the preponderance of America's defense spending. Further, most experts believe the most likely path to nuclear war is through a failure of conventional defense. It is therefore critical that conventional military balances be assessed rigorously--by techniques that go beyond the familiar static comparison of opposing military inventories and explicitly represent warfare's dynamic factors.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815724519
• ISBN13: 9780815724513
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 31 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.8"