{"product_id":"2940148376125","title":"Amicicide: The Problem of Friendly Fire in Modern War","description":"War is aften depicted in the textbooks as a wellorchestrated,\u003cbr\u003ealbeit violent, exercise in which opposing\u003cbr\u003eunits strive to achieve tactical and strategic objectives.\u003cbr\u003eThat each side will suffer casualties in the process is\u003cbr\u003etaken for granted; they are the inevitable, if regretable,\u003cbr\u003econsequence of such a deadly undertaking. That each side is\u003cbr\u003ealmost certain to suffer casualties inflicted by its own\u003cbr\u003eforces is not generally taken for granted, Yet, in each of\u003cbr\u003eAmerica's wars, especially those of the twentieth century, a\u003cbr\u003esignificant number of soldiers have been killed or wounded\u003cbr\u003eas the result of friendly fire. The fact that the\u003cbr\u003epercentage of casualties resulting from friendly fire from\u003cbr\u003eWorld War I through Vietnam has been extremely low does not\u003cbr\u003emake the accidental killing or wounding of one's own troops\u003cbr\u003eany less tragic or unpalatable. Nor does it offer much\u003cbr\u003econsolation to the commander responsible for the lives of\u003cbr\u003ehis troops or to the soldier who runs the risk of falling\u003cbr\u003evictim to the fire of his own forces. It may well be that\u003cbr\u003ein the \"fog of war\" friendly fire casualties are inevitable,\u003cbr\u003ebut this solemn observation does not absolve the armed\u003cbr\u003eforces from doing everything in their power to eliminate the\u003cbr\u003eproblem.\u003cbr\u003eTo be sure, each branch of the Army and each of the\u003cbr\u003eArmed Services employ measures calculated to prevent\u003cbr\u003eincidents of friendly fire. But such measures offer only\u003cbr\u003epartial solutions, especially on the modern battlefield\u003cbr\u003ewhere joint and combined forces operate under often obscure\u003cbr\u003econditions. A more comprehensive study of the causes and\u003cbr\u003econsequences of friendly fire is needed. That one has not\u003cbr\u003eyet appeared is attributable to several factors, foremost\u003cbr\u003eamong them being the nature of the evidence on which such a\u003cbr\u003estudy must rely. The required raw data are scattered\u003cbr\u003ethroughout a variety of primary and secondary, official and\u003cbr\u003eunofficial sources. Before one can undertake a serious and\u003cbr\u003ecomprehensive analysis of friendly fire, these data must be\u003cbr\u003efound and brought together in one place.\u003cbr\u003eIn Amicicide: The Problem of Friendly Fire in Modern\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp;, LTC Charles R. Shrader has taken a major step toward\u003cbr\u003ethe compilation of these data. From his survey of much of\u003cbr\u003ethe existing literature on World War I, World War II, the\u003cbr\u003eKorean War, and the Vietnam War, he has extracted examples\u003cbr\u003eof friendly fire involving U.S. ground forces and has\u003cbr\u003ecategorized them according to types of incidents. In his\u003cbr\u003ewell-informed narrative, he draws tentative conclusions\u003cbr\u003eabout the causes and effects of friendly fire and offers\u003cbr\u003erecommendations for those who expect to study the subject \u003cbr\u003efurther. He has, in short, produced a superb reference book\u003cbr\u003eand a springboard for a deeper and more comprehensive\u003cbr\u003eanalysis of this grim and complex problem. The Combat\u003cbr\u003eStudies Institute is pleased to present this work as the\u003cbr\u003efirst in its series of Research Surveys.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072645087472,"sku":"2940148376125","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148376125_p0.jpg?v=1763702260","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148376125","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}