How to Make War

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FPT $15.00 HOWTO MAKE WAR • THIRD EDITION • A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO MODERN WARFARE FOR THE POST-COLD WAR ERA r- * James F. Dunnigan James F. Dunnigan's classic text on the principles of war, fully revised for the 1990s, presents a conclusive picture of the world's complex weapons, armed forces, and tactics. In its originál edition, How to Make War was accurate in assessing and predicting the outcomes of all the wars that occurred in the 1980s and 1990s to date. It has alsó become a standard reference work for military and civilian readers. Today, describing a new world order-one in which the art of war hasn't changed but the number of equipped players has-Dunnigan gives a vitai understanding of nuclear, chémical, and biological weapons, Third World ballistic missiles, theramifications of civil war in the former Soviet Union and in China, the implications of diminished armed forces in both the United States and Russia, and much, much more. James F. Dunnigan, whosé books include From... Tovább

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FPT $15.00 HOWTO MAKE WAR • THIRD EDITION • A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO MODERN WARFARE FOR THE POST-COLD WAR ERA r- * James F. Dunnigan James F. Dunnigan's classic text on the principles of war, fully revised for the 1990s, presents a conclusive picture of the world's complex weapons, armed forces, and tactics. In its originál edition, How to Make War was accurate in assessing and predicting the outcomes of all the wars that occurred in the 1980s and 1990s to date. It has alsó become a standard reference work for military and civilian readers. Today, describing a new world order-one in which the art of war hasn't changed but the number of equipped players has-Dunnigan gives a vitai understanding of nuclear, chémical, and biological weapons, Third World ballistic missiles, theramifications of civil war in the former Soviet Union and in China, the implications of diminished armed forces in both the United States and Russia, and much, much more. James F. Dunnigan, whosé books include From Shield to Storm, Shooting Blanks, A Quick and Dirty Guide to War, and The Complete Wargames Handbook, was co-designer of a wargames simulation featured in November 1990 on ABCs Nightline that correctly projected every major aspect of the Persian Gulf war. He lives in New York City. PRAISE FOR HOW TO MAKE WAR Documented in detail as copious as the American public's.fascination with war is fervent A program for the coming events"-T7i/ Washington Post A remarkable book "-Forbes "Extraordinarily clear-headed"-James Fallows, author of National Defense "One of the publishing sleepers of the season"- Time o Comprehensive and occasionally terrifying... Statistics and logistics, projections and prophecies, are all a part of Dunnigan's stock-in-trade."-Booklist Vissza