Casualties. John T. Correll.
by Correll, John T; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 74Family. Publisher: Air Force Magazine, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Air warfare | Combatants and noncombatants (International law) | Friendly fire (Military science) | Iraq War (2003) | Military history | Persian Gulf War (1991) -- Casualties | Strategy | Vietnamese War (1957-1975) | War casualties | War victims | World War (1914-1918) | World War (1939-1945) -- CasualtiesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Until recently, heavy casualties were presumed to be an inevitable consequence of warfare. It was not until the Gulf War of 1991 that another possibility began to emerge. Prior to the Gulf War, the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated that the casualties would reach 15,000. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of coalition forces, estimated 5,000. That didn't happen....Total casualties for the coalition were 247 battle deaths and 901 wounded." (AIR FORCE MAGAZINE) This article describes how "the evolution of casualty rates in warfare is a function of changes in both military technology and in strategic concepts of operation."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Casualties, June 2003; pp. 48-53.
"Until recently, heavy casualties were presumed to be an inevitable consequence of warfare. It was not until the Gulf War of 1991 that another possibility began to emerge. Prior to the Gulf War, the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated that the casualties would reach 15,000. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of coalition forces, estimated 5,000. That didn't happen....Total casualties for the coalition were 247 battle deaths and 901 wounded." (AIR FORCE MAGAZINE) This article describes how "the evolution of casualty rates in warfare is a function of changes in both military technology and in strategic concepts of operation."
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