"20 October 2007" -- p. v.

War and the city : the military art and urban military operations -- The military's philosophical dislike of urban operations -- The pre-industrial demographic irrelevance of cities -- The rule of law and convention -- The problem of tactical control in cities -- Characteristics of modern urban warfare -- The advantage of effective firepower in urban warfare -- The fragmentation of combat in urban warfare -- The importance of direct-fire weapons in urban combat -- The problem of a civilian presence in cities -- The absorption of manpower in urban warfare -- The physical and psychological strain of urban warfare -- The imperative for combined-arms approach in urban combat -- Urban operations in the Cold War era -- Global urbanisation : features of contemporary urban military operations -- The war in Iraq and urban operations : the case of the second Battle of Fallujah -- The debate on contemporary urban military operations -- The specialist approach to urban operations -- The generalist approach to urban operations -- Prioritisation and the continuing validity of the generalist framework Into the future : prioritisation and its pathways -- Developing technology and tactics -- Developing operational-strategic techniques for the conduct of urban operations -- 'Military operations as urban planning' : developing a multi-disciplinary approach to operations in cities -- Conclusion.