Screen LibraryThe impenetrable fog of war：reflections on modern warfare and strategic surprise
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Praeger Security International,
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| Publisher Address: | Westport, Conn. |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | vi, 198 p.: ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780313355806 (alk. paper) 0313355800 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | E0 |
| CLC: | E0 |
| Call Number: | E0/I343 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: The fog of war / Patrick M. Cronin -- PART 1. THE SPECTRUM OF CONFLICT: 1. Modern war / Thomas G. Mahnken ; 2. Managing global security and risk / Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ; 3. New forms of violence / Keith Krause ; 4. Civil resistance in strategic perspective / Peter Ackerman -- PART 2. LIMITED WAR AND COUNTERINSURGENCY: 5. Strategy and the limitation of war / Hew Strachan ; 6. On counterinsurgency / Martin van Creveld ; 7. Thoughts on the character of future conflict / H. R. McMaster ; 8. Enduring elements of military strategy / Antulio J. Echevarria II ; 9. The need for neoclassical counterinsurgency theory / Frank G. Hoffman ; 10. Postmodern challenges for modern warriors / John Kiszely -- PART 3. INTELLIGENCE AND STRATEGIC SURPRISE: 11. Intelligence, policy, and the failure to forecast risk / Hugh White ; 12. Tracking Asia's Black Swans / James Shinn ; 13. Reflections on strategic surprise / Chester A. Crocker. |