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The Dragon and the Snakes

Hardcover • 2020 • 1. edition

The Dragon and the Snakes

By David Kilcullen

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About the book

In 1993, newly-appointed CIA director James Woolsey pointed out that although western powers had "slain a large dragon" by defeating the Soviet Union in the Cold War, they now faced a "bewildering variety of poisonous snakes". This book examines what happened to the snakes (terrorists and guerrillas) and the dragons (state-based peer enemies such as Russia and China), and how they evolved and adapted in the 25 years since Woolsey's testimony. It explains how both state and non-state enemies lear...Show more

International relations

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ISBN

9781787380981

Publisher

C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

Published year

2020

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1

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The Dragon and the Snakes

Format

Hardcover

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