FM 3-0: An Assessment

摘要

FM 3-0 Operations is a quality document and a worthy descendant of similar works from the last century, most notably FM 100-5. Clearly, however, the new volume is designed to cope with a different, and perhaps more complex, range of environments. While FM 100-5 dealt largely with maneuver warfare on nuclear and chemical battlefields, the new FM 3-0 states that "stability operations are often as important as-or more important than-offensive and defensive operations." The manual argues that conflicts are much more likely to be fought "among the people" and that "economic, political, informa-rntional and cultural initiatives ... may even be the chief means of irregular attacks on U.S. influence."