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I was pondering if anyone of you military fanatics could list a couple books that would work as a good primer for modern military structure and tactics.

Im not sure if its terribly relevant, but I am in the middle of "Why the South Lost the Civil War", by Beringer et al. Its companion book "Why the North Won the Civil War" is supposed to be very good too. The books do provide a good grounding in tactics, as they are written for the ley.
Really, just start with your Sun Tzu and move up chronologically. You really need to have a basis in historical tactics to fully appreciate the modern. Just like any other subject, you have to start with the basics.

do they have courses on these in universities?

Tasoth wrote:I was pondering if anyone of you military fanatics could list a couple books that would work as a good primer for modern military structure and tactics.

Umm.. I think your going to need to be a bit more detailed in what you want to know. Though I would suggest reading over the many pages on globalsecurity before you start obtaining books. That site is a great source of information for more then just details on individual weapons systems. There's also some site online, which has a crapload of current US Army Field Manuals available and those are always good for looking over. I shall see if I can dig it up.

dacis2 wrote:do they have courses on these in universities?

Well military schools like West Point of course have that sort of course, but outside of that you'll have a hard time finding course on modern military stuff, history is a much easier issue though.

dacis2 wrote:do they have courses on these in universities?

closest thing available would be RotC i would imagine.

*updates "location"*

"How to Make War" by James F. Dunnigan. Sure, the title is a little campy and cheesy, but the book is actually a solid reference. Check it out.