The Human Domain – From the Sea

The Human Domain: From the Sea - War on the Rocks Book Review by B.J. Armstrong.

Gary E. Weir, et al., You Cannot Surge Trust: Combined Naval Operations of the Royal Australian Navy, Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, and United States Navy, 1991-2003 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2013)

The “human domain” of war has become a rallying cry of sorts for America’s landpower forces. From official white papers to senior leaders’ speeches to media reports, the idea that ground forces have a singular and unique interaction with the human domain is now a commonly held view among those interested in the conduct and planning for war. But this line of reasoning suggests that seapower and airpower forces are something like a group of computer jockeys whose considerations don’t extend any further than steel and circuit boards...

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