Fighting the Fleet: Operational Art and Modern Fleet Combat

by Anthony Cowden and Jeffrey R. Cares

Book Overview

Fighting the Fleet recognizes that fleets conduct four distinct but interlocking tasks at the operational level of war--striking, screening, scouting, and basing--and that successful operational art is achieved when they are brought to bear in a cohesive, competitive scheme. In explaining these elements and how they are conjoined for advantage, a central theme emerges: despite the utility and importance of jointness among the armed forces,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1682477274
• ISBN13: 9781682477274
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.3"