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David Jordan - Understanding Modern Warfare - 9781107592759 - V9781107592759
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Understanding Modern Warfare

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Description for Understanding Modern Warfare Paperback. .
Understanding Modern Warfare has established itself as the leading introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts and context necessary to understand the theory and conduct of warfare in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is an invaluable text for military professionals and students of military history. Key features include: incisive coverage of the debates surrounding contemporary and future warfare; accessible, yet sophisticated, discussion across the land, sea, and air environments; and coverage of contemporary topics such as drones, cyber warfare, and hybrid warfare. The book makes extensive use of text boxes to explain key concepts and to reference extended examples, and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
968g
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107592759
SKU
V9781107592759
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About David Jordan
David Jordan is a Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at King's College London, and is based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham, UK. Prior to this, he was a Lecturer in the Department of Modern History at the University of Birmingham. He has been Academic Director for the air power aspects of the Advanced Command ... Read more

Reviews for Understanding Modern Warfare
'Civilian academics typically and gratefully know next to nothing about real combat. This is why there is a yawning gap in the strategic studies literature on the non-trivial subject of actual warfare. Strategy is conveniently abstract but prospective anticipated tactical performance in the battle spaces on land, at sea, in the air, and now in cyberspaces commonly is mercifully omitted ... Read more

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