The transformation of war
Van Creveld, Martin L.1991
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Total copies: 2
"This work aims to address some of the most fundamental problems presented by war in all ages; by whom it is fought for, what it is all about, how it is fought, what it is fought for, and why it is fought. These questions are by no means new, and indeed merely to list the answers to them that have been given by various people at various times and places would be tantamount to a record of civilisation. This book also has a message - namely, that contemporary "strategic" thought about every one of these problems is fundamentally flawed; which, in addition, is rooted in a "Clausewitzian" world-picture that is either obsolete or wrong. We are entering an era, not of peaceful economic competition between trading blocks, but of warfare between ethnic and religious groups. Hence, this works aims at providing a new, non-Clausewitzian framework for thinking about war, while at the same time trying to look into its future." -- SAF Professional Reading Programme, 3rd edition, Dec 2003.
Main title:
The transformation of war / Martin van Creveld.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1991.
Collation:
x, 254 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-243) and index.
ISBN:
0029331552
Dewey class:
355.020904
LC class:
U42U42 VAN
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
62629