The utility of force : the art of war in the modern world
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- ISBN: 9780307278111 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0307278115 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
xvi, 430 p. ; 21 cm.
print - Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage, 2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : understanding force -- pt. 1: Interstate industrial war. Foundation : from Napoleon to Clausewitz -- Development : iron, steam, and mass -- Culmination : the world wars -- pt. 2: The Cold War confrontation. Antithesis : from guerrillas to anarchists to Mao -- Confrontation and conflict : a new purpose for the use of force -- Capabilities : the search for a new way -- pt. 3: War amongst the people. Trends : our modern operations -- Direction : setting the purpose for the use of force -- Bosnia : using force amongst the people -- Conclusion : What is to be done? |
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Subject: | World politics -- 21st century Military art and science Military policy War |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Castlegar Campus Library | U 21.2 S624 2008 (Text) | B001684604 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |
General Rupert Smith spent 40 years in the British Army, commanding the UK Armoured Division in the Gulf War, general in charge in Northern Ireland, commander of the UN forces in Bosnia and Deputy Commander of NATO. He lives in London.