Filled with diagrams of attack plans, defensive strategies, and troop movements, The Official U.S. Army Tactics Field Manual is the playbook the U.S. Army uses to employ available means to win in combat.

Part one: Tactical fundamentals. The art of tactics -- Common tactical concepts and graphic control measures -- Part two: Offensive operations. The basics of the offense -- Movement to contact -- Attack -- Exploitation -- Pursuit -- Part three: Defensive operations. Basics of defensive operations -- The area defense -- The mobile defense -- The retrograde -- Part four: Tactical enabling operations. Security operations -- Reconnaissance operations -- Troop movement -- Relief in place -- Passage of lines.