Understanding Modern Warfare

Name: Understanding Modern Warfare
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ISBN: 9780521700382

ISBN-10: 0521700388

ISBN-13: 9780521700382

Edition: 2008

Authors: David Jordan, James D. Kiras, David J. Lonsdale, Ian Speller, Christopher Tuck

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A major new study of the theory and practice of warfare in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Using relevant examples from recent history, this book provides a complete introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts, context and vocabulary of modern warfare. The expert team of authors explore the conduct of war across land, sea, air and space in addition to addressing key issues relating to contemporary strategy, weapons of mass destruction and irregular warfare, including insurgency, terrorism and civil war. They provide an incisive and structured grounding in military theory and argue for the importance of understanding warfare within the joint (inter-service) context and as an…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/18/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 387
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

James D. Kiras is Associate Professor at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Air University, United States Air Force. He is the author of Special Operations and Strategy: From World War II to the War on Terrorism (2006) and was awarded The Air Education Training Command civilian 'Educator of the Year'award for 2006-2007.



List of illustrations


List of boxes and tables


Preface


How to use this book


Introduction




Strategy



Strategic Studies


Why is strategy difficult?


Strategic theory


The use of force


Strategy today



Land warfare



Concepts of land warfare


Modern land warfare


Future land warfare



Naval warfare



Concepts of naval warfare


Modern naval warfare


Contemporary and future naval warfare



Air and space warfare



Concepts of air warfare


Modern air warfare - principles and practice


Space power



Irregular warfare



Definitions


Understanding modern irregular warfare through the lens of the past


Post-colonial wars and the 'golden age of counter-insurgency'


Why is modern irregular warfare so difficult?



Weapons of mass destruction



Weapons of mass destruction (WMDs): a brief introduction


Non-combat uses of WMDs


The First and Second Nuclear Ages


Glossary


Index