The Unchangeable War

Abstract

The Army's doctrine, its tactics, its organization, its weapons -- its entire repertoire of warfare was designed for conventional war in Europe. In Vietnam, the Army simply performed its repertoire even though it was frequently irrelevant to the situation. Changes were proposed, repeatedly, but few changes were made. Our Army seemed to be prevented by its own doctrinal and organizational rigidity from making any changes in the way in which it has fought this war.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0787050

Entities

People

  • Brian Michael Jenkins

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Battles
  • Civil Defense
  • Communication Satellites
  • Communication Systems
  • Doctrine
  • Game Theory
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Space Systems
  • Special Forces
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • United States
  • Vietnam
  • War
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies