Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare From 1945 to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

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The Evolution of Warfare From 1945 to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

A major new history of war by historian Andrew Roberts and General David Petraeus, former commander of the US-led coalition in Iraq and Afghanistan and former director of the CIA.
In Conflict, co-authors General David Petraeus, former commander of the US-led coalition in both Iraq and Afghanistan and former Director of the CIA, and the military historian Professor Andrew Roberts, identify what were the lessons that Putin ought to have learned, and explain how not putting them into practice has led to profound strategic and tactical problems in Russias invasion of Ukraine.

Petraeus and Roberts unite their different areas of expertise to explain how warfare has changed since World War Two, how statesmen and generals have adapted to various new weapon systems, theories and strategies in the fighting of wars. They reflect on the way that the Russian High Command has consistently ignored these and many other lessons in Ukraine.

Roberts skills as a bestselling historian and Petraeus vast experience as both battlefield commander and unrivalled strategist combine to make Conflict a landmark contribution to global military history.

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Praise for Andrew Roberts:

Andrew Roberts is a great historian who is always relevant to contemporary thinking and contemporary problems Dr Henry Kissinger

[Roberts] is one of the greatest biographers in the English language today Sir Noel Malcolm, Daily Telegraph

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General David Petraeus is a retired United States Army general and widely respected as a leading warrior intellectual. He is currently a Partner in a major investment firm and chairs that firm's Global Institute. He previously served for 37 years in the US Army, culminating his time in uniform with 6 consecutive commands as a general officer. Following a Senate confirmation by a vote of 94-0, he served as Director of the CIA. Andrew Roberts took a first in modern history from Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. He is a fellow of the Institute of Napoleonic Studies and has lectured on Napoleon in America, Canada and Britain. Along with Colonel John Hughes-Wilson of the Corps of Battlefield Guides, he conducts annual tours to Waterloo under the auspices of Tours with Experts.