The future of war : a history / Lawrence Freedman.
Publisher: New York : Public Affairs, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: xxi, 376 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1610393058
- 9781610393058 (hbk.)
- 9781610393065 (electronic)
- 355.02 23
- U21.2 .F74 2017
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-361) and index.
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.