ABSTRACT

Contains analyses of the war by several prominent U.S. experts on national security affairs. Their observations reflect the continuing debate on such key issues in U.S. defence planning - and in Soviet defence planning as well - as the controversy over large versus small carriers, the advantages and dis advantages of a diesel-versus nuclear-powered submarine fleet, the effectiveness of the Harrier-type aircraft, the influence of high technology on amphibious warfare, and the ever increasing use of 'smart' weapons by all-purpose convectional armed forces.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|6 pages

Submarine Lessons

chapter 2|7 pages

Large Versus Small Carriers

chapter 3|15 pages

Surface Combatant Lessons 1

chapter 4|14 pages

Air Power Lessons

chapter 5|16 pages

Amphibious Lessons

chapter 6|15 pages

Ground Warfare Lessons

chapter 7|13 pages

Smart Weapons

chapter 9|7 pages

Lessons Learned and Unlearned