One of the modern characteristics of war is its inability to lead
to a lasting conclusion that favors the winner. If we even thought
about it at all, we must have wondered why. Victory is an illusion,
partly created by leaders who understand war, and partly by
militaries left out of it. We still kill people who are the
youngest and strongest of our nations, but we aren't at war when we
do it. These days, war is not a battle of artillery as much it is a
battle of wills. We are hardly ever at war. War is a matter of
winning the will of the protagonists, even if they don't know they
are involved. Every country fights wars without the consent of
their citizens, often without their participation, but these wars
are different, because they are fought without their knowledge. In
the old wars, soldiers donned uniforms; horses or tanks moved out
in columns; airstrikes left visible marks on towns and villages.
The new wars have little to see. One day we will wake to the war we
missed, and it will be too late to do much about it. It will
already be over.
General
| Imprint: |
McFarland & Company
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2015 |
| Authors: |
Dennis F. Poindexter
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
228 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7864-9843-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-7864-9843-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780786498437 |
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