The thirty-six chapters reflect changes in the military art. Each chapter deals with one case drawn from recent military history that illustrates and illuminates a problem with which a modern professional soldier may have to contend. Each case is set in its strategic and operational context, explained in detail, and briefly analyzed.

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Seizing and holding the German Bridges at Arnhem, September 1944 / Lieutenant Colonel Robert D. Ramsey III-- The 1st Cavalry Division's exploitation of helicopters in the Ia Drang Valley / Lieutenant Colonel Arthur T. Frame -- Tarawa: the testing of an amphibious doctrine / Dr. Jerold E. Brown -- Antiarmor operations on the Golan Heights, October 1973 / Major George E. Knapp -- Attack helicopters in Lebanon, 1982 / Dr. George W. Gawrych -- Allied special operations: Jedburgh teams, Summer 1944 / Dr. Samuel J. Lewis -- Deceiving the enemy in Operation Desert Storm / Dr. Thomas M. Huber -- The German thrust to the English Channel, May 1940 / Dr. Gary J. Bjorge -- The defense of the No Name Line in the Korean War / Major Robert E. Connor -- The execution of Private Eddie D. Slovik / Dr. Jerold E. Brown -- Active defense / Dr. Christopher R. Gabel -- Repulsing the North Koreans along the Naktong, 1950 / Dr. William G. Robertson -- The British triumph of endurance in the Falkland Islands War / Major Gary D. Rhay -- The 84th Smoke Generator Company's operations at the Moselle River, September 1944 / Major Terry L. Siems -- Assessing the adversary at Dien Bien Phu / Lieutenant Colonel James R. McLean -- The U.S. Third Army at the Battle of the Bulge, 1944 / Dr. Michael D. Pearlman -- The chance seizure of the Remagen Bridge over the Rhine / Major Bruce Alsup. Close air support in World War II: the roots of the tragedy in Operation Cobra / Dr. Michael D. Pearlman -- British logistics in the Falklands / Lieutenant Colonel Matthew S. Klimow -- The 2d Battalion, 26th Infantry at Aachen, October 1944 / Dr. Christopher R. Gabel -- A platoon's heroic stand at Lanzerath / Lieutenant Colonel John R. Finch -- The destruction of the 28th Infantry Division in the Huertgen Forest, November 1944 / Lieutenant Colonel Thomas E. Christianson -- Claiming the night: Operation Just Cause, 1989-1990 / Dr. Thomas M. Huber -- Operation Just Cause, December 1989; The U.S.-Panama Crisis, 1987-1990 / Dr. Lawrence A. Yates -- Fighting on the Upper Seine River, August 1944 / Dr. Samuel J. Lewis -- Crossing the Rapido / Dr. Roger J. Spiller -- The XIX Panzer Corps' lightning advance into France, May 1940 / Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Shanahan -- Seizing the critical bridges at Benouville / Major(P) Neil V. Lamont -- The 43d Infantry Division's determined attack on the Ipo Dam, 1945 / Major George J. Mordica II -- Operation Spark: breaking through the blockade at Leningrad / Dr. Robert F. Baumann -- Operation Market-Garden, September 1944 / Dr. Gary J. Bjorge -- The "Truscott Trot": training for Operation Husky, 1943 / Major Stephen D. Coats -- The failure to achieve unity of command in Vietnam / Lieutenant Colonel Arthur T. Frame -- The influence of weather on combined Arms Operations in Korea, 1950 / Dr. Jack J. Gifford.