The Mongols: Early Practitioners of Maneuver Warfare

Abstract

The majority of the literature on maneuver warfare begins with an examination of German "stormtrooper" tactics of World War I or the German blitzkrieg campaigns of World War II. Soviet deep maneuver campaigns and Israeli campaigns of the last half century also are frequently referenced. This monograph explores the utility of considering Mongol military campaigns of the 13th Century in the corpus of maneuver warfare examples. In particular, the monograph explores a number of aspects of maneuver warfare stressed by Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 1 (MCDP-1, originally published as Fleet Marine Force Manual 1) in the context of Genghis Khan's campaign against the Khwarazam Empire in the early 13th Century.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 2012
Accession Number
ADA566706

Entities

People

  • Darrel C. Benfield

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Land Battles
  • Asia
  • Birds
  • California
  • Civil War
  • Command And Control
  • Doctrine
  • Geography
  • High Mountains
  • Maneuvers
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • New York
  • Rear Areas
  • United States
  • War
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.