War and warfare since 1945
Sterling Michael Pavelec
Bok · Engelsk · 2017
| Omfang | IX, 173 sider
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| Utgave | 1st edition
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: What is war? -- The aftermath of World War Two, 1945-1954 -- Shaping the global order, 1954-1964 -- Proxy wars and political violence, 1964-1975 -- Cold war tension and resolution, 1975-1990 -- Cold War civil wars -- "The end of history" and the new world order, 1991-2001 -- The world since 9/11 -- The future of war and warfare -- Epilogue: a philosophy of war.. - "Beginning with an exploration into the question of what war is, War and Warfare Since 1945 provides a chronological analysis of military history since the end of World War II extending through to an analysis of the limits of modern warfare in the nuclear age with the purpose of examining why war occurs and how it is carried out. The book concludes with an investigation into modern war and speculation on the changing face of warfare."--
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| ISBN | 9781138828186. - 9781138828193
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