How to Win on the Battlefield

Rob Johnson is Deputy Director of the Changing Character of War Programme, Oxford University and Lecturer in the History of War. Michael Whitby is is pro-vice-chancellor and head of the College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham. John France is Professor Emeritus, University of Swansea and Director of the Callaghan Centre for the Study of Conflict.

• Introduction; 1 The Attack at the Centre of Gravity ; 2 Counter-Attack; 3 Surprise Attack and Ambush; 4 Envelopment and Double-Envelopment; 5 Flanking; 6 Dominating the Terrain and Using the Environment; 7 Echelon Attack; 8 Committing the Reserve; 9 Blitzkrieg; 10 Concentration of Firepower; 11 Shock Action; 12 Co-ordination of Fire and Movement; 13 Concentration and Culmination of Force; 14 Seizing and Retaining the Initiative; 15 Off-Balancing and Pinning; 16 Mass; 17 Defence in Depth; 18 Strategic Offence and Tactical Defence; 19 Drawing the Enemy; 20 Deception and Feints; 21 Terror and Psychological Warfare; 22 Attrition and Annihilation; 23 Intelligence and Reconnaissance; 24 Insurgency and Guerrilla Warfare; 25 Counter-Insurgency

'This excellent book should be read widely by today’s commanders' - General Lord Guthrie, former Chief of the Defence Staff