David L. I. Kirkpatrick (University College London)

How Important are Superior Numbers?

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Produktbeschreibung

Frederick Lanchester formulated a model of combat suggesting the power of a military force was proportional to the product of the individual effectiveness of units in the force and the square of the number of units deployed. Analysis of battles in the American Civil War, and other contemporary wars, demonstrates the importance of superior numbers.

Produktdetails

• Elements in Defence Economics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 162g
• ISBN-13: 9781108977876
• ISBN-10: 1108977871
• Artikelnr.: 60798361

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Historical background to the quality/quantity quandary
3. Lanchester's combat models
4. Problems in validation
5. Some past attempts at validating Lanchester's combat models
6. Features of the American Civil War 1861-65
7. Study of American Civil War battles
8. Evidence from wars before the American Civil War
9. Evidence from wars after the American Civil War
10. The influence of Lanchester's Square Law (?)
11. Overview
12. Conclusions.