Area defense is a method of positional defensive warfare described in the U.S. Army's combat manuals of the 1960s and 1970s.[1] After 1982 the term "positional defense" replaced it.[2]
- ^ "Chapter 9. The Area Defense". Field Manual No. 3-90. Tactics. Washington, DC: Headquarters Department of the Army. 2001.
- ^ Sergeyev, Igor Dmitriyevich, ed. (2001). Оборона района. Военная энциклопедия (in Russian). Vol. 5. Moscow, Russia: Voenizdat. p. 536.