Rejecting much of the conventional wisdom to what makes up a modern Army, William F. Owen massacres fields sacred cows to challenge many of the mainstream ideas about the future of land warfare and how it should be conducted. Based on his experience working with the British Army and industry, Owen draws the reader back to basics based on limited budgets, limited resources and an overall reduction in cost, weight and complexity to comprehensively understand how armies might or should equip, train and organise for any unknowable future. Stripped of traditional academic or journalistic approaches and well-worn familiar narratives, “Euclid’s Army” reformulates how soldiers, civil servants and politicians should think about land warfare, thus war in general.
Publication c. October 2024
Euclid's Army
Introduction
1. To Prepare an Army for War
2. War Without Tanks
3. Concepts, Doctrine, Information and Command
4. Training Approach
5. Infantry
6. Cavalry
7. Fires
8. Air Defence and Air Support
9. Engineers
10. Combat Service Support
11. Deploy March Sustain
12. The Defence
13. The Offence
14. Climates and Terrains
15. Urban Operations
16. Air and Littoral
17. Security and Counter-Terrorist Operations
Conclusions
William F. Owen (Wilf) served for 12 years in the British Army in regular and reserve Infantry and Intelligence units. He then worked on defence advisory and security projects in West Africa and the Far East before moving to writing and editing on defence matters. In 2010, he co-founded Military Strategy Magazine, for which he is currently editor. He also worked as a consultant and contractor for the British Army and several defence agencies and companies worldwide.