David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts

Gebundenes Buch

Conflict

The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

Beschreibung

New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, and Publishers Weekly bestseller Aspects of History, The Critic, Octavian, and Modern War Institute Book of the Year.   Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating analysis of what we must learn from the past—and anticipate in the future—in order to navigate an increasingly perilous world. In this deep and incisive study, General David Petraeus, who commanded the US-led coalitions in both Iraq, during the Surge, and Afghanistan and former CIA director, and the prize-winning historian Andrew Roberts, explore over 70 years of conflict, drawing significant lessons and insights from their fresh analysis of the past. Drawing on their different perspectives and areas of expertise, Petraeus and Roberts show how often critical mistakes have been repeated time and again, and the challenge, for statesmen and generals alike, of learning to adapt to various new weapon systems, theories and strategies. Among the conflicts examined are the Arab-Israeli wars, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the two Gulf Wars, the Balkan wars in the former Yugoslavia, and both the Soviet and Coalition wars in Afghanistan, as well as guerilla conflicts in Africa and South America. Conflict culminates with a bracing look at Putin’s disastrous invasion of Ukraine, yet another case study in the tragic results when leaders refuse to learn from history, and an assessment of the nature of future warfare. Filled with sharp insight and the wisdom of experience, Conflict is not only a critical assessment of our recent past, but also an essential primer of modern warfare that provides crucial knowledge for waging battle today as well as for understanding what the decades ahead will bring.

Autor

General David Petraeus is a retired United States Army general and widely respected as a leading warrior intellectual. He graduated with distinction from the US Military Academy and earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University. He served for 37 years in the US Army, culminating his time in uniform with 6 consecutive commands as a general officer, 5 of which were in combat, including Command of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. He then served as Director of the CIA. He has held academic appointments at six universities and currently is a Senior Fellow and Lecturer at Yale. He is a prominent commentator on contemporary security issues, military developments, and global affairs. He is currently a Partner in a major investment firm and chairs that firm’s Global Institute.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 50mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9780063293137
• ISBN-10: 0063293137
• Artikelnr.: 67721291

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BOOK OF THE YEAR IN: ASPECTS OF HISTORY, THE CRITIC, OCTAVIAN, AND MODERN WAR INSTITUTE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MILITARY HISTORY MATTERS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

'How has warfare evolved in the eight decades since 1945? And what might it look like in the future? These are the questions posed by the authorial dream team of David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts: respectively a distinguished former US general and spy chief, and one of Britain's finest military historians. This brilliant history shows how the wars of the future may go. Elegantly written and persuasively argued, Conflict is a hugely important book that explains why wars are still being fought and lost, what we can learn from

them, and how we can protect ourselves from malign actors in the future'

DAILY TELEGRAPH, FIVE-STAR REVIEW

'Charts just about every war fought in Europe, the Middle East and Asia since the defeat of the Nazis... [a] compendious narrative... has all the more force in light of Israel's retaliatory assault on Gaza'

FINANCIAL TIMES

'Timely, engaging and instructive, Conflict is the best one-volume study of conventional warfare in the nuclear age. It sets a new benchmark in understanding modern war'

WALL STREET JOURNAL

'The pairing of Roberts with Petraeus is an engaging choice... They spend little time imagining a world without war, or even a world with less war. Their book - like Clausewitz's canonical text - is a primer for today's strategists, brimming with lessons about leadership, counter-insurgency, and intelligence. It's a guide to effectively prepare for and win wars of the future, to achieve perpetual peace through perpetual strength'

NEW STATESMAN