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Understanding Land Warfare

AUTHOR Tuck, Christopher
PUBLISHER Routledge (04/28/2014)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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Understanding Land Warfare provides a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates associated with modern land warfare.

The book is a thematic, debate-driven analysis of what makes land warfare unique; how it interacts with the other environments; the key concepts that shape how it is executed; the trade-offs associated with its prosecution; and the controversies that continue to surround its focus and development.

Understanding Land Warfare contains several key themes:

  • the difficulty of conducting land warfare
  • the interplay between change and continuity
  • the growing importance of co-operation
  • the variety of ways in which land warfare is fought; the competing theoretical debates; the tensions and trade-offs.

This book will be essential reading for military personnel studying on cadet, intermediate and staff courses. In addition, it will also be of use to undergraduate and postgraduate students of military history, war studies and strategic studies.

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ISBN-13: 9780415507547
ISBN-10: 0415507545
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 274
Carton Quantity: 14
Product Dimensions: 6.80 x 0.60 x 9.60 inches
Weight: 1.35 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents, Glossary, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
History | Military - Strategy
History | Political Freedom
Dewey Decimal: 355.4
Library of Congress Control Number: 2013046492
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Understanding Land Warfare provides a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates associated with modern land warfare.

The book is a thematic, debate-driven analysis of what makes land warfare unique; how it interacts with the other environments; the key concepts that shape how it is executed; the trade-offs associated with its prosecution; and the controversies that continue to surround its focus and development.

Understanding Land Warfare contains several key themes:

  • the difficulty of conducting land warfare
  • the interplay between change and continuity
  • the growing importance of co-operation
  • the variety of ways in which land warfare is fought; the competing theoretical debates; the tensions and trade-offs.

This book will be essential reading for military personnel studying on cadet, intermediate and staff courses. In addition, it will also be of use to undergraduate and postgraduate students of military history, war studies and strategic studies.

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Author: Tuck, Christopher
Christopher Tuck is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Defence Studies at King's College London, and is based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham, UK. Prior to this, he was a lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He is the author of Understanding Land Warfare (2014) and Confrontation, Strategy, and War Termination (2013), co-author of Amphibious Warfare: Strategy and Tactics from Gallipoli to Iraq (2014), and co-editor of British Propaganda and Wars of Empire: Influencing Friend and Foe (2014). He has also published numerous articles and book chapters on topics including military innovation, war termination, counterinsurgency, and amphibious operations.
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