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One More Bridge to Cross: Lowering the Cost of
War
ISBN 0963869531
One More Bridge to Cross: Lowering the Cost of War shows American units how
to take (and cause) fewer casualties in battle. Minimal force can be best projected by highly trained and semi-independent squad-sized units. One U.S.
service branch officially shifted over to "maneuver" from "attrition" warfare in the
mid-eighties, but none have as yet been willing/able to decentralize control enough to use it at the squad level. Until they do, lives will be lost
unnecessarily.
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Contents
This is what the critics have said:
"Poole puts together the ingredients of how to fight and win in the 21st
Century."
— Infantry Magazine (Fall 2003)
"Small unit leaders would do well to read this...
book... [It] is great. It addresses the squad not as a subset of the platoon,
but as a team that makes everything happen. "
— ArmyBasic.org (November 2003)
“One More Bridge to Cross looks at one battle in each war this century through the eyes of the enemy soldier (to better understand his techniques).
Overemphasis on rank, technology, and long-range warfare have created a deficiency in individual and small-unit skills in the U.S. military.”
— Command Magazine (September 1999)
“Every grunt leader — from squad to division — should read this book and then keep it in their pack to be thumbed through regularly until they hang up their rifles.”
— Col. David H. Hackworth U.S. Army (Ret.)
one of the most highly decorated Vietnam War veterans
“John Poole’s work . . . can do a great deal to save Marine lives. The combat techniques and training methods he offers are greatly advanced over those in the official Marine Corps technique manuals.”
— William S. Lind
author of Maneuver Warfare Handbook
advisor to 29th Marine commandant
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must for all those who have to meet the reality of the battlefields of the
21st Century."
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— Fort
Myers Pentagram, 30 November 2001
"Well illustrated and colorfully bound, One More Bridge to Cross:
Lowering the Cost of War is a ‘must’ read for all
Americans. To discover seldom-acknowledged enemy capabilities, this book takes
an in-depth look at one battle in each U.S. war this century. At one point, the
reader is transported through time to the steamy jungles of Guadalcanal, where
the highly deceptive squad tactics of the Japanese are examined. But, this book
offers more than just exciting reading, it shows U.S. military leaders how to
operate more effectively, while taking fewer casualties, in war. To be the world’s
peace keepers of the 21st century, U.S. infantry units must learn to deploy
smaller maneuver elements that rely on maximum surprise and minimal force."
— Military Illustrated (November 1999)
How To Order
Contents
| Maps
and Tables
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| Foreword
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| Preface |
| Acknowledgments |
| Part
One: A Heritage Worth Preserving |
| Chapter
1: Land of the Free
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| Chapter
2: Home of the Brave
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| Chapter
3: With Liberty and Justice for All
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| Part
Two: How Wars Are Won |
| Chapter
4: One Nation under God
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| Chapter
5: A Closer Look at History
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| Chapter
6: Were Ideals Followed?
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| Chapter
7: U.S. Warfare Style in Perspective
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| Chapter
8: The Winds of Change
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| Part
Three: For Those Who Still Serve |
| Chapter
9: A Job for the Tactical Technicians
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| Chapter
10: A Different View of the World
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| Chapter
11: Preserving Limited Assets in Wartime |
| Chapter
12: Doing More with Less in Peacetime
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| Chapter
13: An Interim Solution for Units
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| Chapter
14: The Real Need: Military Reform
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| Chapter
15: Decentralizing Control Works
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| Notes
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| Bibliography
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| About
the Author
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| Name
Index
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