Understanding Land Warfare

This textbook offers a comprehensive exploration of modern land warfare,including new chapters on non-western perspectives and hybrid warfare,based on case studies from the First World War to contemporary conflicts. It examines key themes and debates,such as change and continuity,technology,culture,and military practice,and is essential reading for military practitioners and students of land warfare,military history,war studies,and strategic studies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 306 pages
Publication date: 22 June 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive textbook offers a thorough exploration of the vocabulary, concepts, issues, and debates surrounding modern land warfare. The second edition has been extensively revised and updated, incorporating new chapters on non-Western perspectives and hybrid warfare.

Drawing from a diverse range of case studies spanning from the First World War to contemporary conflicts in Syria, Ukraine, and Nagorno-Karabakh, the book delves into the unique characteristics of the land domain and its profound impact on the theory and practice of military operations conducted within it. It examines land warfare across various dimensions, including conventional campaigns, counterinsurgency, peace support and stabilization operations.

Key themes and debates analyzed in the book include the interplay between change and continuity, the role of technology in land warfare, the significance of culture and context, the challenges in translating theory into effective military practice, and in-depth discussions on contemporary issues of utmost importance, such as hybrid warfare, emerging military technologies, and the military reform processes of the US, Russian, and Chinese land forces.

This book serves as an indispensable resource for military practitioners, scholars, and students interested in land warfare, military history, war studies, and strategic studies. Its comprehensive coverage and insightful analysis provide a valuable foundation for understanding the complexities and dynamics of modern land warfare.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367560591
Edition number: 2 ed