Understanding Land Warfare

This textbook provides a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates associated with modern land warfare. The second edition has been updated and revised, and includes new chapters on non-western perspectives and hybrid warfare.

Autorentext

Christopher Tuck is Reader in Strategic Studies, King's College London at the United Kingdom Defence Academy. Prior to this, he was Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.

Inhalt

Introduction, Part 1: The development of land warfare, 1. Land warfare in theory, 2. The development of modern land warfare, 3. Modern tactics, 4. Modern operational art and the operational level of war, 5. Land warfare: context and variation, Part 2: What is victory?, 6. Counterinsurgency operations, 7. Peace and stability operations, 8. Hybrid warfare, Part 3: The future, 9. Future land warfare, 10. The paradigm army, 11. Russia and China, Conclusion