The future of war a history
Questions about the future of war are a regular feature of political debate, strategic analysis, and popular fiction. Where should we look for new dangers? What cunning plans might an aggressor have in mind? What are the best forms of defense? How might peace be preserved or conflict resolved? From...
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New York
Public Affairs
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Decisive battle
- Indecisive battle
- The house of strife
- Victory through cruelty
- Failures of peace
- Total war
- The balance of terror
- Stuck in the nuclear age
- A surprise peace
- A science of war
- Counting the dead
- Democracy and war
- New wars and failed states
- Ancient hatreds and mineral curses
- Intervention
- Counter-insurgency to counter-terrorism
- From counter-terrorism to counter-insurgency
- The role of barbarism
- Cure not prevention
- Hybrid wars
- Cyberwar
- Robots and drones
- Mega-cities and climate change
- Coming wars
- The future of the future of war