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The future of war : a history

Call Number

  • 355.02 F8536 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Public Affairs, 2017.

Physical Description

xxi, 376 pages ; 24 cm

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.

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