This book investigates the complexities of modern urban operations—a particularly difficult and costly method of fighting, and one that is on the rise. Contri

First published by the Combat Studies Institute Press. The resulting anthology begins with a general overview of urban operations from ancient times to the midp

Doctrine provides a military organization with a common philosophy, a language, a purpose, and unity of effort. Rather than establishing a set of hard and fast

War by Numbers assesses the nature of conventional warfare through the analysis of historical combat. Christopher A. Lawrence establishes what we know about con

Urban Battlefields: Lessons Learned from World War II to the Modern Era offers a detailed study of the complexities of urban operations, demonstrating through h