Full name: Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command

Author: S. L. A. Marshall Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780806132808 0806132809

S.L.A. "Slam" Marshall was a veteran of World War I and a combat historian during World War II. He startled the military and civilian world in 1947 by announcing that, in an average infantry company, no more than one in four soldiers actually fired their weapons while in contact with the enemy. His contention was based on interviews he conducted immediately after combat in both the European and Pacific theaters of World War II.To remedy the gunfire imbalance he proposed changes to infantry training designed to ensure that American soldiers in future wars brought more fire upon the enemy. His studies during the Korean War showed that the ratio of fire and more than doubled since World War II. Similar books: Battle by John A. Lynn Military Blunders by Saul David The Art of War in the Western World by Archer Jones Acts of War by Richard Holmes Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission by Bob Drury How Great Generals Win by Bevin Alexander The Mask of Command by John Keegan The Second World Wars by Victor Davis Hanson Tank by Patrick Wright The American Way of War by Russell F. Weigley The Soul of Battle by Victor Davis Hanson Technology and War by Martin L. van Creveld Command in War by Martin L. van Creveld The Age of Battles by Russell F. Weigley War Made New by Max Boot