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Review. War is insanely exciting.... Don't underestimate the power of that revelation, warns bestselling author and Vanity Fair contributing editor Junger (The Perfect Storm). The war in Afghanistan contains brutal trauma but also transcendent p[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-446-55624-8 Article on page: XII, 287 p. Class number: 958.104 7 Tags: Afghan War, 2001--Campaigns ; United States.--Army--Airborne Brigade, 173rd ; Afghan War, 2001--Campaigns--Afghanistan--Korangal Valley Languages: English Books
As a British infantry officer in the Royal Gurkha Rifles Emile Simpson completed three tours of Southern Afghanistan. Drawing on that experience, and on a range of revealing case studies ranging from Nepal to Borneo, War From The Ground Up offer[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-19-090208-7 Article on page: 285 p. Descriptors: 2.05 Scientific approach > Research work > Case studies > Guerre
6.15 Politics and government > Guerre
6.20 International relations > International conflicts > War
Class number: 355.02 Tags: Strategy ; Politics and war ; Counterinsurgency--Political aspects--Case studies ; Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan ; Insurgency--Case studies ; Afghan War, 2001-2021--Political aspects ; Operational art (Military science) ; Civil-military relations ; Strategic culture ; Afghanistan--Politics and government--2001-2021 Languages: English Books
Most armies prefer to avoid urban warfare. Urban campaigns tend to be time-consuming and manpower intensive. They are usually bloody events that burn through manpower, materials and resources at a very high tempo. Most guerrillas are also advise[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-5446-5230-6 Article on page: 82 p. Descriptors: 6.45 Civil, military and mining engineering > Military engineering > Warfare > Urban warfare
Class number: 355.426 Tags: Urban warfare ; War (International law) Languages: English Books
War Transformed: The Future of Twenty-First-Century Great Power Competition and Conflict provides insights for those involved in the design of military strategy, and the forces that must execute that strategy. Emphasizing the impacts of techno[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-68247-741-0 Article on page: 298 p. Descriptors: 6.15 Politics and government > Political science > Politics
6.45 Civil, military and mining engineering > Military engineering > Military strategy
Class number: 355.02 Tags: Military art and science ; Strategy ; War--Forecasting ; World politics Languages: English Books
Closely modeled on his NATO experience of war gaming future conflicts, War with Russia is a chilling account of where we are heading if we fail to recognise the threat posed by the Russian president. Written by the recently retired Deputy Sup[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-4736-3225-7 Article on page: 446 p. Descriptors: 6.15 Politics and government > Government > Government policy
6.20 International relations > International relations > Foreign relations
6.45 Civil, military and mining engineering > Politique militaire
7.25 Political groupings > CIS countries > Fédération de Russie__1
Class number: 320.947 Tags: Diplomatic relations ; Military policy ; Politics and government ; Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations ; Russia (Federation)--Military policy ; Russia (Federation)--Politics and government Languages: English Books
General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of "attrition" in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland's strategy placed a premium on high "body counts" through a "big unit war" that relied almo[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-19-023146-0 Article on page: XXV, 250 p. Descriptors: 6.20 International relations > International conflicts > War
Class number: 959.704 34 Tags: Military campaigns ; Westmoreland, William C.(William Childs) ; Command of troops Languages: English Books
In 1968, at the age of 22, Karl Marlantes abandoned his Oxford University scholarship to sign up for active service with the US Marine Corps in Vietnam. Pitched into a war that had no defined military objective other than kill ratios and body co[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-85789-380-2 Article on page: 256 p. Class number: 355.020 19 Tags: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 ; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American ; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States ; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Psychological aspects Languages: English Books
In het najaar van 2007 wordt Mart de Kruif gevraagd om als generaal-majoor de leiding op zich te nemen van de International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Zuid-Afghanistan. Voor Nederland bestaat Afghanistan op dat moment vooral uit Uruzgan[...]
Edition statement: 1 ed. ISBN (or other code): 978-94-92495-49-5 Article on page: 365 p. Class number: 958.1 Tags: Afghanistan--History--2001- ; Generals ; Netherlands Languages: Dutch