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This textbook provides a thorough grounding in the vocabulary,
concepts, issues and debates associated with modern land warfare.
The second edition has been updated and revised, and includes new
chapters on non-western perspectives and hybrid warfare. Drawing on
a range of case studies spanning the First World War through to
contemporary conflicts in Syria, Ukraine, and Nagorno-Karabakh, the
book explores what is unique about the land domain and how this has
shaped the theory and practice of military operations conducted
upon it. It also looks at land warfare across the spectrum of its
conduct, including conventional campaigning, counterinsurgency, and
peace support and stabilisation operations. Key themes and debates
identified and analysed include: the tensions between change and
continuity; the role of technology in land warfare; the relevance
of culture and context; the difficulties in translating theory into
effective military practice; in-depth discussions on issues of
immediate contemporary significance, including hybrid warfare,
emerging military technologies, and the military reform processes
of the US, Russian, and Chinese land forces. This book will be
essential reading for military practitioners and for students of
land warfare, military history, war studies and strategic studies.
This textbook provides a thorough grounding in the vocabulary,
concepts, issues and debates associated with modern land warfare.
The second edition has been updated and revised, and includes new
chapters on non-western perspectives and hybrid warfare. Drawing on
a range of case studies spanning the First World War through to
contemporary conflicts in Syria, Ukraine, and Nagorno-Karabakh, the
book explores what is unique about the land domain and how this has
shaped the theory and practice of military operations conducted
upon it. It also looks at land warfare across the spectrum of its
conduct, including conventional campaigning, counterinsurgency, and
peace support and stabilisation operations. Key themes and debates
identified and analysed include: the tensions between change and
continuity; the role of technology in land warfare; the relevance
of culture and context; the difficulties in translating theory into
effective military practice; in-depth discussions on issues of
immediate contemporary significance, including hybrid warfare,
emerging military technologies, and the military reform processes
of the US, Russian, and Chinese land forces. This book will be
essential reading for military practitioners and for students of
land warfare, military history, war studies and strategic studies.
In order to provide a better understanding of the shifting nature
of influence, this volume looks at how the British government
employed various forms of persuasion to achieve its goals across
the twentieth century. The collection provides a range of case
studies to assess how effectively - or ineffectively - influence
was brought to bear on an array of non-western societies. This
volume will be of interest not only to historians, but to anyone
interested in the operation of influence as a foreign policy tool.
'Influence' is a slippery concept, yet one of tremendous relevance
for those wishing to understand global politics. From debates on
the changing sources of power in the international system, through
to analyses of its value as an alternative to the active use of
force as a policy instrument, influence has become a recurrent
theme in discussions of international relations and foreign policy.
In order to provide a better understanding of the multifaceted and
shifting nature of influence, this volume looks at how the British
government employed various forms of pressure and persuasion to
achieve its goals across the twentieth century. By focusing on
Britain - a global actor with great power objectives but declining
physical means - the collection provides a wide range of case
studies to assess how influence was brought to bear on a wide array
of non-western cultures and societies. It furthermore allows for an
assessment of just how effective - or ineffective - British efforts
were at influencing non-Western targets over a hundred years of
operations. By shedding important light on the efficacy of British
efforts to sustain and advance its interests in the twentieth
century, the volume will be of interest not only to historians, but
to anyone interested in contemporary problems surrounding the
operation of influence as a foreign policy tool.
At the heart of this book is the problem of war termination.
Britain won an almost unbroken string of tactical military
victories during an undeclared war against the Republic of
Indonesia in the 1960s, yet it proved difficult to translate this
into strategic success. Using conflict termination theories, this
book argues that British strategy during Confrontation was both
exemplary and flawed, both of which need not be mutually exclusive.
The British experience in Indonesia represents an illuminating case
study of the difficulties associated with strategy and the
successful termination of conflicts. The value of this book lies in
two areas: as a contribution to the literature on British
counter-insurgency operations and as a contribution to the debates
on the problems of war termination in the context of strategic
thought.
Understanding Modern Warfare has established itself as the leading
introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts and context necessary
to understand the theory and conduct of warfare in the twentieth
and twenty-first centuries. It is an invaluable text for military
professionals and students of military history. Key features
include: incisive coverage of the debates surrounding contemporary
and future warfare; accessible, yet sophisticated, discussion
across the land, sea, and air environments; and coverage of
contemporary topics such as drones, cyber warfare, and hybrid
warfare. The book makes extensive use of text boxes to explain key
concepts and to reference extended examples, and it includes
annotated guides to further reading and key questions to promote
the reader's further thinking. This second edition has been fully
revised and updated to take into account new debates and recent
events in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine, and it has also been
restructured to further improve its usefulness as a teaching tool.
Understanding Modern Warfare has established itself as the leading
introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts and context necessary
to understand the theory and conduct of warfare in the twentieth
and twenty-first centuries. It is an invaluable text for military
professionals and students of military history. Key features
include: incisive coverage of the debates surrounding contemporary
and future warfare; accessible, yet sophisticated, discussion
across the land, sea, and air environments; and coverage of
contemporary topics such as drones, cyber warfare, and hybrid
warfare. The book makes extensive use of text boxes to explain key
concepts and to reference extended examples, and it includes
annotated guides to further reading and key questions to promote
the reader's further thinking. This second edition has been fully
revised and updated to take into account new debates and recent
events in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine, and it has also been
restructured to further improve its usefulness as a teaching tool.
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