A BRIEF HISTORY OF MODERN WARFARE: THE CHANGING FACE OF CONFLICT, FROM THE FALKLANDS TO AFGHANISTAN (BRIEF HISTORIES)
Book ID/图书代码： 03275018C00047
English Summary/英文概要： Since Vietnam, both the way we fight and our reasons for going to war have become much more complex. The importance of a conflict is determined not by its size or by the numbers of combatants involved but by its ripple effects and its influence upon future events. In a series of thrilling recreations of eight of the most significant encounters of the last three decades, military historian Richard Connaughton presents a fascinating insight into modern warfare, including interviews with some of the major figures. The conflicts include Goose Green in the Falklands, the invasion of Grenada, Operation Desert Storm – the first Iraq War, Operations in Mogadishu as immortalized in the book and film Blackhawk Down, the Siege of Gorazde and Operation Barras in Sierra Leone, as well as more recent events at Fallujah, Iraq, and in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Richard Connaughton has interviewed most of the major figures involved in each of the conflicts and offers powerful insights into why battles either work or don’t. This book will tell you what warfare means in the contemporary world and how it can affect tomorrow.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 自从越南战争以来，我们的作战方式和参战理由都变得更加复杂。一场冲突的重要性不是由它的规模或所涉战斗人员的人数决定的，而是由它的连锁反应及其对未来事件的影响决定的。
在对过去三十年中最重要的八次交锋的一系列令人激动的再现中，军事历史学家理查德·康诺顿(Richard Connaughton)对现代战争提出了迷人的见解，包括对一些主要人物的采访。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：This book should be read by all political and military chiefs before committing their countries to war. (General Sir Michael Rose)
Colonel Connaughton’s account of the wars of the last quarter of a century is enjoyable, stimulating, sharp, and not least, thought-provoking. The result is a cracker of a book; more than that, let us hope that this powerful and well argued work assists in the disposal of so much casual complacency about how successful military operations are conducted in our distracted and violent world. (Professor Brian Reid, Dept of War Studies, Kings, London)
An accessible study that identifies those constants of warfare which, if followed, hopefully can avoid future fiascos. This is wise advice with contemporary relevance. (Thomas-Durrell Young, Editor, Small Wars & Insurgencies)
Excellently written. (British Army Review)
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