This book analyzes the strategic implications of the shift in focus
for the US Armed Forces from regular to irregular war. Lawrence
Freedman closely examines the difficulty the US Armed Forces face
in shifting their focus from preparing for regular wars, in which
combat is separated from civil society, to irregular wars, in which
combat is integrated with civil society. He argues that the
political context of contemporary irregular wars requires that the
purpose and practice of western forces be governed by liberal
values, showing that this is also the case with regular wars, to
the extent they occur, but it is the integration with civil society
that makes the application of liberal values so challenging. The
Transformation of Strategic Affairs suggests that this challenge
becomes easier to meet when military operations are understood to
contribute to the development of a compelling narrative about the
likely course and consequence of a conflict, in which
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