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The Changing Face of War

The Changing Face of War

Lessons of Combat, from the Marne to Iraq

by Martin van Creveld
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/02/2007

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`The most important Israeli historian'
- Sunday Telegraph

To understand the present, one must study the past. Where did twentieth-century warfare come from? How did it develop out of its nineteenth-century predecessor? How did it reach the point where, at one time, the forces that waged it were capable of overrunning entire continents? When did those forces peak, why did they start to decline, and how did they reach the present impasse?

The Changing Face of War is a short history of war over the last century, and, in studying this period, it attempts to answer these questions. It also addresses another important question - Why are regular, state-owned, armed forces now coming second to bedraggled, ill-organized, terrorists?

About the Author
Martin Van Creveld is Professor of History at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and he is one of the best-known experts on military history and strategy. He has written 17 books which have been translated into 14 languages, including Supplying War, Command in War and The Transformation of War.
ISBN:
9780891419013
9780891419013
Category:
Warfare & defence
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-02-2007
Language:
English
Publisher:
Presidio Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
320
Dimensions (mm):
240x159x28mm
Weight:
0.57kg
Martin van Creveld

Martin van Creveld is Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and the author of many books including Conscience: A Biography (Reaktion, 2015), Wargames: From Gladiators to Gigabytes (2013) and The Privileged Sex (2013).

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