Land Warfare
Land Warfare.By definition, warfare involves military operations to defeat an adversary to attain political, economic, or social ends. It is conducted on behalf of a nation‐state, international coalition, or other political entity, usually, or at least initially, in accordance with a strategy formulated to achieve specific ends. Actual warfare, however, may not be necessary to compel or deter an adversary's behavior; the threat of military force may be sufficient.
Though conducted on land, modern land warfare doctrine incorporates the combined capabilities of landpower, seapower, and airpower to achieve operational objectives. Land warfare integrates maneuver of forces and firepower, in coordination with air and naval support, to take advantage of an adversary's weaknesses, avoid his strengths, and defeat him in the accomplishment of assigned campaign objectives with minimum expenditure of resources. Complete victory over an adversary is assured...
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