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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453633303321

Autore

Simpson Emile

Titolo

War from the ground up : twenty-first century combat as politics / / Emile Simpson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-19-933353-X

0-19-936535-0

0-19-936547-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Collana

Crises in World Politics

Disciplina

355.02

Soggetti

Strategy

Politics and war

Counterinsurgency - Political aspects

Counterinsurgency - Afghanistan

Insurgency

Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Political aspects

Operational art (Military science)

Civil-military relations

Strategic culture

Electronic books.

Afghanistan Politics and government 2001-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Language of War; 2. Clausewitzian War and Contemporary Conflict; 3. Globalisation and Contemporary Conflict; 4. Strategic Dialogue and Political Choice; 5. Liberal Powers and Strategic Dialogue; 6. Pragmatism and Operational Thought; 7. British Strategy in the Borneo Confrontation 1962-6; 8. Strategic Narrative; 9. Ethos, Vision and Confidence in Strategic Narrative; Conclusion: Contemporary Strategic Thought; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z



Sommario/riassunto

This is a philosophical treatise on war written by an Oxford grad who served in Afghanistan.