<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article focuses on the basic characteristic of military development in the second half of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. On pursuance of William Lind´s concept or theory of Four Generations of War, the article describes the culmination of the Third Generation of War, based on manoeuver and mobility, coupled with air superiority. The first part deals with issues of US technical dominance in the military, the development of new ways of fighting, especially the airmobile tactics used in South Vietnam. The second part of the article focuses on the specific conditions of the Vietnam War that the US Army, for the first time, had to face while applying elements of the Fourth Generation of War. The final part focuses on the issues of implementing the theory of Four Generations of War into the Armed Forces Academy education to better understand the development of military in modern times.</p></abstract>

The article focuses on the basic characteristic of military development in the second half of the 20th century. On pursuance of William Lind´s concept or theory of Four Generations of War, the article describes the culmination of the Third Generation of War, based on manoeuver and mobility, coupled with air superiority. The first part deals with issues of US technical dominance in the military, the development of new ways of fighting, especially the airmobile tactics used in South Vietnam. The second part of the article focuses on the specific conditions of the Vietnam War that the US Army, for the first time, had to face while applying elements of the Fourth Generation of War. The final part focuses on the issues of implementing the theory of Four Generations of War into the Armed Forces Academy education to better understand the development of military in modern times.

Vietnam War - The New Aspect of Warfare

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The article focuses on the basic characteristic of military development in the second half of the 20th century. On pursuance of William Lind´s concept or...

Vietnam War - The New Aspect of Warfare

Publié en ligne: 23 juil. 2019

Pages: 144 - 149

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2019-0024

Mots clés
Vietnam War, generations of warfare, firepower, manoeuvre

© 2019 Juraj Šimko, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Vietnam War - The New Aspect of Warfare

Publié en ligne: 23 juil. 2019

Pages: 144 - 149

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2019-0024

Mots clésVietnam War, generations of warfare, firepower, manoeuvre

© 2019 Juraj Šimko, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
Vietnam War, generations of warfare, firepower, manoeuvre