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THE CHANGING FACE OF WAR
LESSONS OF COMBAT, FROM THE MARNE TO IRAQ |
| By: |
Martin van Creveld |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0891419012 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780891419013 |
| Publisher: |
PRESIDIO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
27 February, 2007 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Addresses questions such as: Where did twentieth-century warfare come from? How did it develop out of its nineteenth-century predecessor? How did it reach the point where, at one time, the forces that waged it were capable of overrunning entire continents? This work presents the short history of war. |
| Synopsis: |
To understand the present, one must study the past. Where did twentieth-century warfare come from? How did it develop out of its nineteenth-century predecessor? How did it reach the point where, at one time, the forces that waged it were capable of overrunning entire continents? When did those forces peak, why did they start to decline, and how did they reach the present impasse? "The Changing Face of War" is a short history of war over the last century, and, in studying this period, it attempts to answer these questions. It also addresses another important question - Why are regular, state-owned, armed forces now coming second to bedraggled, ill-organized, terrorists? |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Presidio Press |
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Non-returnable |
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