Overview
Written by acknowledged expert military historian Thomas R. Mockaitis, this book explores conventional and unconventional conflicts and considers the relationships between them. It considers how epic struggles like the American Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the conflicts in the Middle East, among many others, shaped human history. The coverage serves to highlight four themes: the relationship between armed forces and the societies that create them; the impact of technology (not just armaments) on warfare; the role of ideas and attitudes towards violence in determining why and how wars are fought; and the relationship between conventional and unconventional operations. The book also covers the advent and evolution of unconventional warfare, including counterinsurgency, the War on Terror, and current conflicts in the Middle East. It concludes with consideration of the forms armed conflict will take in the future. The book includes valuable excerpts from the writings of military thinkers such as Clausewitz and Sun Tzu, a glossary of military terms and acronyms, an annotated bibliographic guide to further reading, a chronology of events, and supporting maps and diagrams.
- | Author: Thomas Mockaitis
- | Publisher: Praeger
- | Publication Date: Feb 28, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 384 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1440828334
- | ISBN-13: 9781440828331
