ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the modern theories of land warfare. The land operations can be described as an exercise of military power related to the land domain. The analysis of land operations based on the five elements can also be compared with some of Jominis military thought. The chapter compares maneuver warfare and war of attrition as two different logical constructs, and introduces two practical applications of the maneuver warfare concept the German and Soviet/Russian maneuver warfare schools of thought. The chapter introduced three schools of thought on guerrilla warfare and counter-insurgency, where the interaction between rebels, government, and intervening powers takes center stage. It covers theories dealing with three different constellations of actors: national liberation movements and colonial powers, rebels and governments, and civil wars and international intervening forces. The five land warfare elements time, space, fire, movement, and protection can be said to illustrate the dilemmas that practitioners face when carrying out an operation.
