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Learning the Lessons of Modern War

Thomas G. Mahnken
Learning the Lessons of Modern War Book PDF

Author : Thomas G. Mahnken
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781503612518

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Learning the Lessons of Modern War uses the study of the recent past to illuminate the future. More specifically, it examines the lessons of recent wars as a way of understanding continuity and change in the character and conduct of war. The volume brings together contributions from a group of well-known scholars and practitioners from across the world to examine the conduct of recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East, South America, and Asia. The book's first section consists of chapters that explore the value of a contemporary approach to history and reflect on the value of learning lessons from the past. Its second section focuses on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Chapters on Iraq discuss the lessons of the Iraq War, the British perspective on the conflict, and the war as seen through the lens of Saddam Hussein's military. Chapters on Afghanistan discuss counterinsurgency operations during the war, Britain's experience in Afghanistan, raising and training Afghan forces, and U.S. interagency performance. The book's third section examines the lessons of wars involving Russia, Israel, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Georgia, and Colombia. It concludes by exploring overarching themes associated with the conduct of recent wars. Containing a foreword by former National Security Advisor Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, Learning the Lessons of Modern War is an indispensable resource for international relations and security studies scholars, policymakers, and military professionals.

The Lessons of War

William van der Kloot
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Author : William van der Kloot
Publisher : Nonsuch Publishing, Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1845886348

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Examines the experiences of seven national leaders during the First World War

The Smell of War

Roland Bartetzko
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Author : Roland Bartetzko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9951562353

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Roland Bartetzko is a former soldier with the German Army, the Kosovo Liberation Army, and Croatian Defense Council and took part in extensive engagements during the conflicts in the Balkans. These are his memories of dangerous, deadly, and sometimes funny times. It is the true story of what the war was like in Bosnia and in Kosovo. Combined with the stories are his 'observations' about the military tactics that were applied in these conflicts. They provide practical advice for soldiers and civilians on how to survive in a war zone.

The Lessons Of Modern War, Volume Iv

Anthony H Cordesman,Abraham Wagner
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Author : Anthony H Cordesman,Abraham Wagner
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 1048 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019495113

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This series takes a comprehensive look at five major conflicts in the later part of the 20th century.

The Lessons Of Modern War

Anthony H Cordesman,Abraham Wagner
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Author : Anthony H Cordesman,Abraham Wagner
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1990-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005574863

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This series takes a comprehensive look at five major conflicts in the later part of the 20th century.

Harsh Lessons

Ben Barry
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Author : Ben Barry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429628368

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The recent Afghanistan and Iraq wars were very controversial. The conflicts’ casualties, intractability and the apparent failure of the US and its allies to achieve their objectives mean that many see the wars as failures. This resulted in a loss of confidence in the West of the utility of force as an instrument of state power. Both wars have been well described by journalists. There is no shortage of memoirs. But there is little discussion of how the conduct of these wars and capabilities of the forces involved changed and evolved, and of the implications of these developments for future warfare. This book gives readers a clear understanding of the military character dynamics of both wars and how these changed between 2001 and 2014. This includes the strategy, operations, tactics and technology of the forces of the US and its allies, Afghan and Iraqi government forces as well as insurgents and militias, showing how they evolved over time. Many of these developments have wider relevance to future conflicts. The book identifies those that are of potential wider application to US, NATO and other western forces, to insurgents, as well as to forces of states that might choose to confront the west militarily.

Leadership in War

Andrew Roberts
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Author : Andrew Roberts
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780525522393

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A comparison of nine leaders who led their nations through the greatest wars the world has ever seen and whose unique strengths—and weaknesses—shaped the course of human history, from the bestselling, award-winning author of Churchill, Napoleon, and The Last King of America “Has the enjoyable feel of a lively dinner table conversation with an opinionated guest.” —The New York Times Book Review Taking us from the French Revolution to the Cold War, Andrew Roberts presents a bracingly honest and deeply insightful look at nine major figures in modern history: Napoleon Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, George C. Marshall, Charles de Gaulle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Margaret Thatcher. Each of these leaders fundamentally shaped the outcome of the war in which their nation was embroiled. Is war leadership unique, or did these leaders have something in common, traits and techniques that transcend time and place and can be applied to the essential nature of conflict? Meticulously researched and compellingly written, Leadership in War presents readers with fresh, complex portraits of leaders who approached war with different tactics and weapons, but with the common goal of success in the face of battle. Both inspiring and cautionary, these portraits offer important lessons on leadership in times of struggle, unease, and discord. With his trademark verve and incisive observation, Roberts reveals the qualities that doom even the most promising leaders to failure, as well as the traits that lead to victory.

Big Wars and Small Wars

Hew Strachan
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Author : Hew Strachan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134233274

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This is a fascinating new insight into the British army and its evolution through both large and small scale conflicts. To prepare for future wars, armies derive lessons from past wars. However, some armies are defeated because they learnt the wrong lessons, fighting new conflicts in ways appropriate to the last. For the British Army in the twentieth century, the challenge has been particularly great. It has never had the luxury of emerging from one major European war with the time to prepare itself for the next. The leading military historians show how ongoing commitments to a range of ‘small wars’ have always been part of the Army’s experience. After 1902 and after 1918 they included colonial campaigns, but they also developed into what we would now call counter-insurgency operations, and these became the norm between 1945 and 1969. During the height of the Cold War, in 1982, the Army was deployed to the Falklands. Since 1990 the dominant tasks of the Army have been peace support operations. This is an excellent resource for all students and scholars of military history, politics and international relations and British history.

The Lessons of History

Will Durant,Ariel Durant
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Author : Will Durant,Ariel Durant
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439170199

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A concise survey of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant. With their accessible compendium of philosophy and social progress, the Durants take us on a journey through history, exploring the possibilities and limitations of humanity over time. Juxtaposing the great lives, ideas, and accomplishments with cycles of war and conquest, the Durants reveal the towering themes of history and give meaning to our own.

The Lessons Of Modern War

Anthony H Cordesman,Abraham Wagner
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Author : Anthony H Cordesman,Abraham Wagner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000302943

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This volume, the first in a series of three, covers the lessons of the 1973-1989 Arab-Israeli arms race and of the conflicts of 1973 and 1982. It draws on interviews with Arab and Israeli sources and reveals that if truth is the first casualty of war, then history is the first casualty of peace.

The Lessons of Tragedy

Hal Brands,Charles Edel
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Author : Hal Brands,Charles Edel
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300244922

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The Lessons of Tragedy by Hal Brands,Charles Edel Pdf

A “brilliant” examination of American complacency and how it puts the nation’s—and the world’s—security at risk (The Wall Street Journal). The ancient Greeks hard-wired a tragic sensibility into their culture. By looking disaster squarely in the face, by understanding just how badly things could spiral out of control, they sought to create a communal sense of responsibility and courage—to spur citizens and their leaders to take the difficult actions necessary to avert such a fate. Today, after more than seventy years of great-power peace and a quarter-century of unrivaled global leadership, Americans have lost their sense of tragedy. They have forgotten that the descent into violence and war has been all too common throughout human history. This amnesia has become most pronounced just as Americans and the global order they created are coming under graver threat than at any time in decades. In a forceful argument that brims with historical sensibility and policy insights, two distinguished historians argue that a tragic sensibility is necessary if America and its allies are to address the dangers that menace the international order today. Tragedy may be commonplace, Brands and Edel argue, but it is not inevitable—so long as we regain an appreciation of the world’s tragic nature before it is too late. “Literate and lucid—sure to interest to readers of Fukuyama, Huntington, and similar authors as well as students of modern realpolitik.” —Kirkus Reviews

Lessons Encountered

National Defense University,Joseph J. Collins,Jr. Richard D. Hooker
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Author : National Defense University,Joseph J. Collins,Jr. Richard D. Hooker
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1329628497

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This volume represents an early attempt at assessing the Long War, now in its 14th year. Forged in the fires of the 9/11 attacks, the war includes campaigns against al Qaeda, major conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and operations in the Horn of Africa, the Republic of the Philippines, and globally, in the air and on the sea. The authors herein treat only the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, the largest U.S. efforts. It is intended for future senior officers, their advisors, and other national security decisionmakers. By derivation, it is also a book for students in joint professional military education courses, which will qualify them to work in the field of strategy. While the book tends to focus on strategic decisions and developments of land wars among the people, it acknowledges that the status of the United States as a great power and the strength of its ground forces depend in large measure on the dominance of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force in their respective domains.

Lessons from the Vietnam War

Leonard M. Scruggs
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Author : Leonard M. Scruggs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1886057958

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In Lessons from the Vietnam War: Truths the Media Never Told You, decorated Vietnam veteran Leonard M. Scruggs tells the gripping and ultimately tragic story of America's military involvement in Southeast Asia from 1960 to its heartbreaking conclusion in 1975.

The Real Lessons of the Vietnam War

John Norton Moore,Robert F. Turner
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Author : John Norton Moore,Robert F. Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015055209491

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The Real Lessons of the Vietnam War by John Norton Moore,Robert F. Turner Pdf

Twenty-five years after the fall of Saigon, two prominent scholars, Moore and Turner (who debated in the 1960s), assembled a distinguished group of Vietnam experts at the University of Virginia to reexamine the conflict and search for its "real" lessons. This resulting volume includes contributions by senior diplomats, retired military officers, experts on Vietnamese Communism, and senior scholars of history, political science, and law. Given the diversity of the participants, the general consensus that emerges will surprise and enlighten many readers. The book corrects various myths that continue to influence American thinking about Vietnam. The idea that the U.S. military and CIA were intentionally engaged in "war crimes," such as the assassination of political opponents of the South Vietnamese government in the Phoenix Program, is laid to rest; and military legal experts address the tragic realities of My Lai and measures taken to prevent reoccurrence. It is popular today to say that Vietnam "could not have been won." The message emerging from this new study, on the contrary, is that despite some horrible blunders and incompetent political leadership at the highest levels, by 1973 the war had essentially been won. Partisan politics and mutual mistrust in Washington kept that message from reaching the right people, and a misunderstanding of public opinion prompted Congress to outlaw further U.S. military involvement--essentially snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. "The Real Lessons of the Vietnam War: Reflections Twenty-Five Years After the Fall of Saigon, edited by John Norton Moore and Robert F. Turner, has a number of fine chapters... The chapter 'Internationalist Outlook of Vietnamese Communism' by Stephen J. Morris, is excellent... The chapter 'Legal Issues in the U.S. Commitment to Vietnam: A Debate' by John Norton Moore is also well worth reading... Dr. Turner provides an excellent chapter dealing with how we turned victory into defeat... Dr. Gregory H. Stanton is the Director of Genocide Watch and has written a staggeringly powerful chapter that should be assigned reading for all students of American history and foreign policy, members of the press, and those serving in both the Congress and the executive branch of government." -- Parameters, US Army War College Quarterly, Autumn 2003

Lessons of War As Taught by the Great Masters and Others

France James Soady
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Author : France James Soady
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1436670950

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.