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The sling and the stone on war in the 21st century

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hammes, Thomas X.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN Zenith Press 2006
Subjects:
Asymmetric warfare > Case studies
Operational art (Military science)
United States > Armed Forces > Foreign countries
United States > Military policy > History > 20th century
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Table of Contents:
  • Four generations of warfare
  • The first two generations of modern war
  • Transition to third-generation warfare
  • Changes in society
  • Mao and the birth of fourth-generation war
  • The Vietnamese modification
  • The Sandinista refinement
  • The Intifada : civilians versus an army
  • The al-Aqsa Intifada
  • Al-Qaeda : a transnational enemy
  • Afghanistan : a tribal network
  • Iraq : high-tech versus fourth-generation
  • Technology : not a panacea
  • Characteristics of fourth-generation war
  • Where to from here?
  • Evaluating the threat
  • The future is flexibility

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