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The Future of War

Hardcover • 2017 • English

The Future of War

By Sir Lawrence Freedman

3 Ratings • 4.7 of 5

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About the book

A new approach to ideas about war, from 'one of Britain's foremost military thinkers' (Observer)In 1912 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a short story about a war fought from underwater submersibles that included the sinking of passenger ships. It was dismissed by the British admirals of the day, not on the basis of technical feasibility, but because sinking civilian ships was not something that any civilised nation would do. The reality of war often contradicts expectations, less because of some fa...Show more

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ISBN

9781846147494

Publisher

Allen Lane

Published year

2017

Language

English

Original title

The Future of War

Format

Hardcover

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