Learning the Lessons of Modern War by Thomas G. Mahnken PAPERBACK 9781503612501

Learning the Lessons of Modern War\nby Thomas G. Mahnken\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Thomas G. Mahnken\nTitle: Learning the Lessons of Modern War\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: International relations\nPublisher: Stanford University Press\nPublication year: 2020\nISBN-13: 9781503612501\nISBN-10: 1503612503\nRRP: \u00A334.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nLearning the Lessons of Modern War uses the study of the recent past to illuminate the future. More specifically, it examines the lessons of recent wars as a way of understanding continuity and change in the character and conduct of war.\nThe volume brings together contributions from a group of well-known scholars and practitioners from across the world to examine the conduct of recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, t.