ICS Papers: The Fifth Frontier War - Now Out!

[MongooseMatt]

The ICS Papers: The Fifth Frontier War is now out on PDF!

You can grab your own copy right here: https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/the-ics-papers-the-fifth-frontier-war



The Institute for Conflict Studies, or ICS, is an independent academic body whose works are ratified by several major Imperial and non-Imperial universities. It is widely believed that some ICS staff are pseudonyms used by academics employed by the major universities or serving military personnel who cannot write under their own names.

The ICS publishes papers on all aspects of conflict, most recently on the Fifth Frontier War. The Fifth Frontier War appears to be following a similar pattern to most other conflicts of the modern era, and once the conflict began, big-picture decisions influenced smaller-scale actions all across the theatre of war, and to a lesser extent vice versa.

These ICS Papers analyse the conditions of the Fifth Frontier War, considering:

• System Defence Doctrine
• Orbital Denial
• Orbital Bombardment and Defence
• Planetary Warfare Doctrine
• Contrasts: Ground Force Organisation And Doctrine
• Infantry Operations In The Fifth Frontier War
• Urban Warfare

Also included is a Case Study of the 4518th Lift Infantry, the Duke of Regina’s Own Huscarles.

 

[MasterGwydion]

The ICS Papers: The Fifth Frontier War is now out on PDF!

You can grab your own copy right here: https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/the-ics-papers-the-fifth-frontier-war

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The Institute for Conflict Studies, or ICS, is an independent academic body whose works are ratified by several major Imperial and non-Imperial universities. It is widely believed that some ICS staff are pseudonyms used by academics employed by the major universities or serving military personnel who cannot write under their own names.

The ICS publishes papers on all aspects of conflict, most recently on the Fifth Frontier War. The Fifth Frontier War appears to be following a similar pattern to most other conflicts of the modern era, and once the conflict began, big-picture decisions influenced smaller-scale actions all across the theatre of war, and to a lesser extent vice versa.

These ICS Papers analyse the conditions of the Fifth Frontier War, considering:

• System Defence Doctrine
• Orbital Denial
• Orbital Bombardment and Defence
• Planetary Warfare Doctrine
• Contrasts: Ground Force Organisation And Doctrine
• Infantry Operations In The Fifth Frontier War
• Urban Warfare

Also included is a Case Study of the 4518th Lift Infantry, the Duke of Regina’s Own Huscarles.

What is the in-universe publication date for this paper? Obviously, it has to be after the FFW has concluded.

 

[rinku]

I'd not assume that.

"The Fifth Frontier War appears to be following a similar pattern to most other conflicts of the modern era"

That implies to me that it may be framed as a study done partway through.

 

[collins355]

I'd not assume that.

"The Fifth Frontier War appears to be following a similar pattern to most other conflicts of the modern era"

That implies to me that it may be framed as a study done partway through.

Yes, that appears to be the case. Lines like this appear in it, "The ‘point of decision’ appears to be the trailing coreward
side of the Spinward Marches as it has been in previous wars.
"