ISBN13: | 9780141993515 |
ISBN10: | 01419935111 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 608 pages |
Size: | 198x129x27 mm |
Weight: | 451 g |
Language: | English |
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Management, corporate management
Further readings in History
Cultural studies
Politics in general, handbooks
Political systems and theories
Military theory
Management, corporate management (charity campaign)
Further readings in History (charity campaign)
Cultural studies (charity campaign)
Politics in general, handbooks (charity campaign)
Political systems and theories (charity campaign)
Military theory (charity campaign)
Command
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A timely history of the interplay between politics and military operations, 'Command is the history of our time' (Guardian)
Military command has been reconstructed and revolutionized since the Second World War by nuclear warfare, small-scale guerrilla land operations and cyber interference. Freedman takes a global perspective, systematically investigating its practice and politics since 1945 through a wide range of conflicts from the French Colonial Wars, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bangladesh Liberation War to North Vietnam's Easter Offensive of 1972, the Falklands War, the Iraq War and Russia's wars in Chechnya and Ukraine. By highlighting the political nature of strategy, Freedman shows that military decision-making cannot be separated from civilian priorities and that commanders must now have the sensibility to navigate politics as well as warfare.