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- Condition
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- Original Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780199327881
- Book Title
- War from the Ground Up : Twenty-First Century Combat As Politics
- Item Length
- 5.9 in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- History, Philosophy, Political Science
- Topic
- Military / Strategy, Military / General, Revolutionary, Military / Afghan War (2001-), World / General, General, Political, World / Asian
- Item Width
- 8.6 in
- Item Weight
- 17.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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As a British infantry officer in the Royal Gurkha Rifles Emile Simpson completed three tours of Southern Afghanistan. Drawing on that experience, and on a range of revealing case studies ranging from Nepal to Borneo, War From The Ground Up offers a distinctive perspective on contemporary armed conflict: while most accounts of war look down at the battlefield from an academic perspective, or across it as a personal narrative, the author looks up from the battlefield to consider the concepts that put him there, and how they played out on the ground. Simpson argues that in the Afghan conflict, and in contemporary conflicts more generally, liberal powers and their armed forces have blurred the line between military and political activity. More broadly, they have challenged the distinction between war and peace. He contends that this loss of clarity is more a response to the conditions of combat in the early twenty-first century, particularly that of globalisation, than a deliberate choice. The issue is thus not whether the West should engage in such practices, but how to manage, gain advantage from, and mitigate the risks of this evolution in warfare. War From The Ground Up draws on personal experience from the frontline, situated in relation to historical context and strategic thought, to offer a reevaluation of the concept of war in contemporary conflict. SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER MEDAL FOR MILITARY LITERATURE 2013.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199327882
ISBN-13
9780199327881
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159867449
Product Key Features
Book Title
War from the Ground Up : Twenty-First Century Combat As Politics
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / Strategy, Military / General, Revolutionary, Military / Afghan War (2001-), World / General, General, Political, World / Asian
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History, Philosophy, Political Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
5.9 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
8.6 in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
U162.S54 2013
Reviews
"Filled with provocative and innovative observations about the blurring of military and political realms in kaleidoscopic environments, this book is the most perceptive account of contemporary conflict I have seen. It deserves to widely read by military practitioners and their political leaders."--Conrad Crane, lead author of FM 3-24, Counterinsurgency and Director of the U. S. Army Military History Institute "War from the Ground Up is an interesting and important meditation on the nature of the unsatisfying wars of the modern era by a man who has seen more of them than most, former Gurkha Rifle officer Emile Simpson. It should be read by everyone interested in the current war in Afghanistan and in the likely nature of conflict for many years to come; these wars are not going away, and Simpson has done yeoman s work in helping us understand them."--John Nagl, Minerva Professor of Culture and War, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis "How to do and how not to do counter-insurgency, by an expert and exceptionally thoughtful practitioner. Hard analysis, and happy talk-free. Essential reading for anyone seriously interested in what makes success in counter-insurgency so elusive."--Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, author of Cables from Kabul: The Inside Story of the West's Afghanistan Campaign "One of the most important assertions in this fascinating book is that the outcome of wars is now less subject to assessment by body counts than to the verdict of civilian outsiders, who make judgments with scant heed to pure military logic. ... This is the first book by an immensely intelligent and interesting young man, from whom much will be heard. He lays down principles of policy-making and war fighting for instance, the key in counter-insurgency is to match actions and words so as to influence target audiences to subscribe to a given narrative with a wisdom lacking in most contemporary foreign offices. ... Ministers would do well to read Simpson's fascinating and provocative study before they launch their next lunge into the unknown. They might then better understand how elusive in modern conflict are the concepts of winning and losing."--Max Hastings, The Sunday Times "War From the Ground Up should be read by all aspiring military commanders and their Whitehall masters."--The Guardian "I am constantly bowled over by Emile Simpson's insights. He produces lines that exude common sense and which, because they are pithy, deserve to be widely quoted and will be. Put simply, this is the most intelligent book on war that I have read for a very long time."--Hew Strachan, Oxford University "'A work of such importance that it should be compulsory reading at every level in the military ... deserves to be seen as a coda to Clausewitz''s On War.''--Michael Howard, Times Literary Supplement
Table of Content
Introduction C. 1 The Language of War C. 2 Clausewiztian War and Contemporary Conflict C. 3 Globalisation and Contemporary Conflict C. 4 Strategic Dialogue and Political Choice C. 5 Liberal Powers and Strategic Dialogue C.6 Pragmatism and Operational Thought C. 7 British Strategy in the Borneo, 1962-6 C. 8 Strategic Narrative C. 9 Ethos, Vision and Confidence in Strategic Narrative Conclusion Notes Index
Copyright Date
2013
Lccn
2013-017020
Dewey Decimal
355.4
Dewey Edition
23
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