The sling and the stone : on war in the 21st century /
Hammes, Thomas X.
The sling and the stone : on war in the 21st century / Thomas X. Hammes. - c2018 - xiv, 321 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-310) and index.
Four generations of warfare -- The first two generations of modern war -- Transition to third-generation warfare -- Changes in society -- Mao and the birth of fourth-generation war -- The Vietnamese modification -- The Sandanista refinement -- The Intifada : civilians versus an army -- The al-Aqsa Intifada -- Al-Qaeda : a transnational enemy -- Afghanistan : a tribal network -- Iraq : high-tech versus fourth-generation -- Technology : not a panacea -- Characteristics of fourth-generation war -- Where to from here? -- Evaluating the threat -- The future is flexibility
Recent history is replete with powerful military forces being tied up by seemingly weaker opponents. Recommendations for prescriptive answers are found in Thomas Hammes' insightful book on the strengths and weaknesses of conventional military power in which he describes fourth generation warfare, the means by which Davids can beat Goliaths
0760324077 9780760324073 0760320594 9788170492825
Counterinsurgency.
Asymmetric warfare--Case studies.
Operational art (Military science).
United States--Armed Forces--Foreign countries.
United States--Military policy--History--20th century.
U241 / .H38 2018
The sling and the stone : on war in the 21st century / Thomas X. Hammes. - c2018 - xiv, 321 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-310) and index.
Four generations of warfare -- The first two generations of modern war -- Transition to third-generation warfare -- Changes in society -- Mao and the birth of fourth-generation war -- The Vietnamese modification -- The Sandanista refinement -- The Intifada : civilians versus an army -- The al-Aqsa Intifada -- Al-Qaeda : a transnational enemy -- Afghanistan : a tribal network -- Iraq : high-tech versus fourth-generation -- Technology : not a panacea -- Characteristics of fourth-generation war -- Where to from here? -- Evaluating the threat -- The future is flexibility
Recent history is replete with powerful military forces being tied up by seemingly weaker opponents. Recommendations for prescriptive answers are found in Thomas Hammes' insightful book on the strengths and weaknesses of conventional military power in which he describes fourth generation warfare, the means by which Davids can beat Goliaths
0760324077 9780760324073 0760320594 9788170492825
Counterinsurgency.
Asymmetric warfare--Case studies.
Operational art (Military science).
United States--Armed Forces--Foreign countries.
United States--Military policy--History--20th century.
U241 / .H38 2018