About the Book: Maneuver Warfare Handbook
Maneuver warfare, often controversial and requiring operational and tactical
innovation, poses perhaps the most important doctrinal questions currently
facing the conventional military forces of the U.S. Its purpose is to defeat the
enemy by disrupting the opponents ability to react, rather than by physical
destruction of forces. This book develops and explains the theory of maneuver
warfare and offers specific tactical, operational, and organizational
recommendations for improving ground combat forces. The authors translate
concepts too often vaguely stated by manuever warfare advocates?into concrete
doctrine. Although the book uses the Marine Corps as a model, the concepts,
tactics, and doctrine discussed apply