Description:This volume offers a comprehensive history of warfare since 1648, covering conventional and unconventional operations and demonstrating how most modern wars have been hybrid affairs that involved both. The book uses a broad range of conflicts to explore the societal forces that have shaped wars.• Provides an in-depth discussion of terrorism and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the context of conventional and unconventional war• Presents authoritative information and critical insights from the perspective of an acknowledged expert on military history, counterinsurgency, and terrorism• Addresses the future of warfare, such as cyberwarfare and the use of drones, in the final chapter• Explains how specific technological advances affected warfare, such as the invention of gunpowder and the resulting revolution, and how the development of nuclear weapons and the risk of nuclear holocaust led to a return to limited war during a period in which deterrence rather than victory became the goal of strategistsWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Conventional and Unconventional War: A History of Conflict in the Modern World. To get started finding Conventional and Unconventional War: A History of Conflict in the Modern World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
525
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Praeger
Release
2017
ISBN
1440828334
Conventional and Unconventional War: A History of Conflict in the Modern World
Description: This volume offers a comprehensive history of warfare since 1648, covering conventional and unconventional operations and demonstrating how most modern wars have been hybrid affairs that involved both. The book uses a broad range of conflicts to explore the societal forces that have shaped wars.• Provides an in-depth discussion of terrorism and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the context of conventional and unconventional war• Presents authoritative information and critical insights from the perspective of an acknowledged expert on military history, counterinsurgency, and terrorism• Addresses the future of warfare, such as cyberwarfare and the use of drones, in the final chapter• Explains how specific technological advances affected warfare, such as the invention of gunpowder and the resulting revolution, and how the development of nuclear weapons and the risk of nuclear holocaust led to a return to limited war during a period in which deterrence rather than victory became the goal of strategistsWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Conventional and Unconventional War: A History of Conflict in the Modern World. To get started finding Conventional and Unconventional War: A History of Conflict in the Modern World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.