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How the case to abolish conflict failed and heralded the era of 'forever wars'.

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In this translation, the author presents the core text in two formats: first, the unadorned ancient words of wisdom ascribed to Sun-tzu, the author of "The Art of War"; then, the same text with a running commentary from the canon of traditional Chinese commentators.

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States that throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. This book presents works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

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The fates of nations, and even continents, often rests on the outcome of war and thus on how its practitioners consider war. Why are some tank commanders, snipers, fighter pilots or submarine commanders far more effective than others Why are many generals sacked at the outbreak of war This title suggests, a way of considering war and warfare.

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Why has war been a consistent presence throughout the human past A leading historian explains through rich examples and keen insight.

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Explores the expanding realm of net-centric warfare and the challenges methods of war pose for military commanders, from the platoon leader to senior leadership at the highest levels. This book represents the culmination of a research programme conducted by the US Military and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

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This work shows that armed forces have a natural interest in shaping military doctrine according to their resources, doctrinal traditions, as well as their assessment of the international environment. It shows when policy-makers are capable of controlling military doctrine.

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Although many U.S. military planners and policy makers appear to place their faith in technology as the sine qua non of success in security and defense policy, technology can be self defeating and myopic if political and strategic vision are lacking.

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In engaging and vivid detail Hew Strachan reveals the story behind the most important treatise on war ever written - a book that has been blamed for the unprecedented death tolls in the first and second world wars.

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This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era was among the first major published analyses by an American expert on the insurgency in Indochina.

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This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era was among the first major published analyses by an American expert on the insurgency in Indochina.

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This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era by two officers-one from the Philippines and the other from America-who fought as guerrillas against the Japanese occupation and went on to defeat the Huk rebellion after World War II.

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This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era by two officers-one from the Philippines and the other from America-who fought as guerrillas against the Japanese occupation and went on to defeat the Huk rebellion after World War II.

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This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era defines the laws of insurgency and outlines the strategy and tactics to combat such threats.

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This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era defines the laws of insurgency and outlines the strategy and tactics to combat such threats.

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This volume by reference book author Victoria Sherrow offers an account of the ways in which young people have suffered as a result of war, particularly since the seventeenth century.

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This work challenges the practical indifference of many Western and non-Western countries with interests in Central Asia and the Caucasus to their plight. Their failure to address their numerous economic problems has created a suitable ground for the rise of social and political popular dissent.

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How does one effectively fight suicide bombers What threat do they hold for Western society How do people who love peace reconcile the need for war Written by a noted genocide expert, this book addresses these questions, while giving an opinionated description of suicide bombings and terror as the opening salvos of a Third World War.

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This compelling, interdisciplinary compilation of essays documents the extensive, intersubjective relationships between gender, war, and militarism in 21st-century global politics.

Feminist scholars have long contended that war and militarism are fundamentally gendered.

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Helps solve some of the most enduring puzzles in military history, such as why Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, why Germany in 1918 renewed its attack in the West after securing peace with Russia in the East, and why Britain refused to seek peace terms with Germany after France fell in 1940.

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Rapid and momentous technological changes at the turn of the 20th century forced military professionals and educated civilians to envision the future of war and warfare, especially during an age where nations found themselves aggressively competing for dominance on the world stage.

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"Written under the auspices of the Center for International and Strategic Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles."