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The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World
by Rupert Smith
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- paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0307278115
- ISBN 13
- 9780307278111
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New York: Vintage, February 2008. Trade Paperback. Good+. Highlighting on a few pages, otherwise Fine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Corners sharp. No tears, creases, or folds. Not from a library. 448 pages.
Contents: Introduction : understanding force -- pt. 1: Interstate industrial war. Foundation : from Napoleon to Clausewitz -- Development : iron, steam, and mass -- Culmination : the world wars -- pt. 2: The Cold War confrontation. Antithesis : from guerrillas to anarchists to Mao -- Confrontation and conflict : a new purpose for the use of force -- Capabilities : the search for a new way -- pt. 3: War amongst the people. Trends : our modern operations -- Direction : setting the purpose for the use of force -- Bosnia : using force amongst the people -- Conclusion : What is to be done?
Contents: Introduction : understanding force -- pt. 1: Interstate industrial war. Foundation : from Napoleon to Clausewitz -- Development : iron, steam, and mass -- Culmination : the world wars -- pt. 2: The Cold War confrontation. Antithesis : from guerrillas to anarchists to Mao -- Confrontation and conflict : a new purpose for the use of force -- Capabilities : the search for a new way -- pt. 3: War amongst the people. Trends : our modern operations -- Direction : setting the purpose for the use of force -- Bosnia : using force amongst the people -- Conclusion : What is to be done?
Synopsis
From a highly decorated general, a brilliant new way of understanding war and its role in the twenty-first century.Drawing on his vast experience as a commander during the first Gulf War, and in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Northern Ireland, General Rupert Smith gives us a probing analysis of modern war. He demonstrates why today's conflicts must be understood as intertwined political and military events, and makes clear why the current model of total war has failed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other recent campaigns. Smith offers a compelling contemporary vision for how to secure our world and the consequences of ignoring the new, shifting face of war.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Title
- The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World
- Author
- Rupert Smith
- Format/binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0307278115
- ISBN 13
- 9780307278111
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date published
- February 2008
- LCCN
- 2008271725
- Keywords
- military, military art, military history, military policy, military science, war, international relat, international secur, world politics, history
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Military and Defense; Britain;
- Size
- 8vo
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