Website Search
Find information on spaces, staff, and services.
Catalog Search
Books
War from the ground up : twenty-first century combat as politics
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
- Summary
-
This is a philosophical treatise on war written by an Oxford grad who served in Afghanistan.
Details
- Creator
- Emile Simpson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
-
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2013
- ©2013
- Series
- Physical Details
-
- 1 online resource (298 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780199333530, 019933353X, 9780199365357, 0199365350, 9780199365470, 0199365474, 0199327882, 1306260108
- OCLC
- ocn960165721
- Includes index.
- English
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Language of War; 2. Clausewitzian War and Contemporary Conflict; 3. Globalisation and Contemporary Conflict; 4. Strategic Dialogue and Political Choice; 5. Liberal Powers and Strategic Dialogue; 6. Pragmatism and Operational Thought; 7. British Strategy in the Borneo Confrontation 1962-6; 8. Strategic Narrative; 9. Ethos, Vision and Confidence in Strategic Narrative; Conclusion: Contemporary Strategic Thought; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Subjects
- Strategy.
- Politics and war.
- Counterinsurgency -- Political aspects -- Case studies.
- Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan.
- Insurgency -- Case studies.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Political aspects.
- Operational art (Military science)
- Civil-military relations.
- Strategic culture.
- Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001-2021.