Two leading authorities – a bestselling historian and the
outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time –
collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict
is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to
Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating analysis of
what we must learn from the past—and anticipate in the
future—in order to navigate an increasingly perilous world. In
this deep and incisive study, General David Petraeus, who commanded
the US-led coalitions in both Iraq 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 guerrilla 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. Filled with sharp insight and the wisdom
of experience, 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.
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