Learning the Lessons of Modern War

Thomas G Mahnken

ISBN 10: 1503612260 / ISBN 13: 9781503612266

Editore: Stanford University Press Jun 2020, 2020

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Neuware - This book explores the lessons of recent wars as a way to understand continuity and change in the conduct of war.

Codice articolo 9781503612266

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• Titolo: Learning the Lessons of Modern War
• Editore: Stanford University Press Jun 2020
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1503612260
• ISBN 13: 9781503612266
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 231 L x 157 A x 28 P (millimetri) 231 millimetri di larghezza per 157 millimetri di altezza per 28 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 658 grammi

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Riassunto

Learning the Lessons of Modern War uses the study of the recent past to illuminate the future. More specifically, it examines the lessons of recent wars as a way of understanding continuity and change in the character and conduct of war.

The volume brings together contributions from a group of well-known scholars and practitioners from across the world to examine the conduct of recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East, South America, and Asia. The book's first section consists of chapters that explore the value of a contemporary approach to history and reflect on the value of learning lessons from the past. Its second section focuses on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Chapters on Iraq discuss the lessons of the Iraq War, the British perspective on the conflict, and the war as seen through the lens of Saddam Hussein's military. Chapters on Afghanistan discuss counterinsurgency operations during the war, Britain's experience in Afghanistan, raising and training Afghan forces, and U.S. interagency performance. The book's third section examines the lessons of wars involving Russia, Israel, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Georgia, and Colombia. It concludes by exploring overarching themes associated with the conduct of recent wars.

Containing a foreword by former National Security Advisor Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, Learning the Lessons of Modern War is an indispensable resource for international relations and security studies scholars, policymakers, and military professionals.

Informazioni sull?autore

Thomas G. Mahnken is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and Senior Research Professor at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at The Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He is a prolific author with two previous books from Stanford University Press—Strategy in Asia (2014) and Competitive Strategies for the 21st Century (2012).