The sling and the stone : on war in the 21st century / Thomas X. Hammes.
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- 0760324077
- 9780760324073
- 0760320594
- 9788170492825
- U241 .H38 2018
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المكتبة الرئيسية الطابق الثاني ب | U241.H38 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0900000142147 |
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
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