| Description |
536 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, photographs ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-473) and index. |
| Contents |
The death of the dream of peace, 1945-1953 -- Wars of decolonization, 1947-1975 -- America's war in Vietnam, 1964-1975 -- From the Sinai to Port Stanley, 1967-1982 -- Cold War denouement, 1979-1993 -- The new world disorder, 1991-1999 -- The war in Afghanistan, 2001-2021 -- The Iraqi war, 2003-2011 -- Appendix A. Security incidents in Iraq, January 2004-August 2008 -- Appendix B. Headquarters, multi-national force, Baghdad, Iraq, 15 July 2008 -- Appendix C. Anaconda strategy versus al-Qaeda in Iraq, September 2008 -- Appendix D. The battle of Sadr City, March-April 2008 -- Vladimir Putin's existential war against Ukraine, 2022- -- The wars of the future. |
| Summary |
"General David Petraeus, who commanded the US-led coalitions in both Iraq, during the Surge, and Afghanistan and former CIA director, and the prize-winning historian Andrew Roberts, explore over 70 years of conflict, drawing significant lessons and insights from their fresh analysis of the past. Drawing on their different perspectives and areas of expertise, Petraeus and Roberts show how often critical mistakes have been repeated time and again, and the challenge, for statesmen and generals alike, of learning to adapt to various new weapon systems, theories and strategies. Among the conflicts examined are the Arab-Israeli wars, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the two Gulf Wars, the Balkan wars in the former Yugoslavia, and both the Soviet and Coalition wars in Afghanistan, as well as guerilla conflicts in Africa and South America. Conflict culminates with a bracing look at Putin’s disastrous invasion of Ukraine, yet another case study in the tragic results when leaders refuse to learn from history, and an assessment of the nature of future warfare....Conflict is not only a critical assessment of our recent past, but also an essential primer of modern warfare that provides crucial knowledge for waging battle today as well as for understanding what the decades ahead will bring." --publisher's website. |
| Original Version |
"Published in 2023 in Great Britain by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso. |
| Subject |
Military history, Modern -- 20th century.
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Military history, Modern -- 21st century.
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Military art and science -- History -- 20th century.
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Military art and science -- History -- 21st century.
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Strategy.
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| Added Author |
Roberts, Andrew, 1963- author.
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| Added Title |
Evolution of warfare from 1945 to Ukraine |
| ISBN |
9780063293137 |
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0063293137 |
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