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050 0 0 _aDS371.4.
_bS567 2015
100 1 _aSimpson, Emile.
245 1 0 _aWar from the ground up :
_btwenty-first-century combat as politics /
_cEmile Simpson.
260 _aLondon :
_bHurst & Company,
_c2015.
300 _ax, 285 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c22 cm.
490 0 _a(Crises in world politics)
504 _6Includes bibliographical references.
505 _aContents: Acknowledgements—Introduction—1. The language of war—2. Clausewitzian war and contemporary conflict—3. Globalization and contemporary conflict—4. Strategic dialogue and political choice—5. Liberal powers and strategic dialogue—6. Pragmatism and operational thought—7. British strategy in the Borneo confrontation 1962-6—8. Strategic narrative—9. Ethos, vision and confidence in strategic narrative—Conclusion : contemporary strategic thought—Note—Index.
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650 0 _aAfghan War, 2001-.
650 0 _aAfghan War, 2001-
_x Campaigns.
650 0 _aAfghan War, 2001-
_z United States.
650 0 _aNation-building
_z Afghanistan.
650 0 _aPostwar reconstruction
_z Afghanistan.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x History
_y 2001-.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x Politics and government
_y 2001-.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x Foreign relations.
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