SALE The Direction of War: Contemporary Strategy in Historical Perspective
This book is unused and unread. It has some cosmetic imperfections such as scuffing and creasing.Ā
It may be stamped 'damaged'.Ā
This book cannot be discounted further.
The wars since 9/11, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, have generated frustration and an increasing sense of failure in the West. Much of the blame has been attributed to poor strategy. In both the United States and the United Kingdom, public enquiries and defence think tanks have detected a lack of consistent direction, of effective communication, and of governmental coordination. In this important book, Sir Hew Strachan, one of the world's leading military historians, reveals how these failures resulted from a fundamental misreading and misapplication of strategy itself. He argues that the wars since 2001 have not in reality been as 'new' as has been widely assumed and that we need to adopt a more historical approach to contemporary strategy in order to identify what is really changing in how we wage war. If war is to fulfil the aims of policy, then we need first to understand war.
- Major contribution to contemporary strategic thought by one of the world's leading military historians and a key advisor on defence policy
- Provides a comprehensive account of the evolution of war since 9/11
- Makes the case for the reintegration of history into contemporary strategy and public policy
This book is unused and unread. It has some cosmetic imperfections such as scuffing and creasing.Ā
It may be stamped 'damaged'.Ā
This book cannot be discounted further.
The wars since 9/11, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, have generated frustration and an increasing sense of failure in the West. Much of the blame has been attributed to poor strategy. In both the United States and the United Kingdom, public enquiries and defence think tanks have detected a lack of consistent direction, of effective communication, and of governmental coordination. In this important book, Sir Hew Strachan, one of the world's leading military historians, reveals how these failures resulted from a fundamental misreading and misapplication of strategy itself. He argues that the wars since 2001 have not in reality been as 'new' as has been widely assumed and that we need to adopt a more historical approach to contemporary strategy in order to identify what is really changing in how we wage war. If war is to fulfil the aims of policy, then we need first to understand war.
- Major contribution to contemporary strategic thought by one of the world's leading military historians and a key advisor on defence policy
- Provides a comprehensive account of the evolution of war since 9/11
- Makes the case for the reintegration of history into contemporary strategy and public policy
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This book is unused and unread. It has some cosmetic imperfections such as scuffing and creasing.Ā
It may be stamped 'damaged'.Ā
This book cannot be discounted further.
The wars since 9/11, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, have generated frustration and an increasing sense of failure in the West. Much of the blame has been attributed to poor strategy. In both the United States and the United Kingdom, public enquiries and defence think tanks have detected a lack of consistent direction, of effective communication, and of governmental coordination. In this important book, Sir Hew Strachan, one of the world's leading military historians, reveals how these failures resulted from a fundamental misreading and misapplication of strategy itself. He argues that the wars since 2001 have not in reality been as 'new' as has been widely assumed and that we need to adopt a more historical approach to contemporary strategy in order to identify what is really changing in how we wage war. If war is to fulfil the aims of policy, then we need first to understand war.
- Major contribution to contemporary strategic thought by one of the world's leading military historians and a key advisor on defence policy
- Provides a comprehensive account of the evolution of war since 9/11
- Makes the case for the reintegration of history into contemporary strategy and public policy
