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Product Details

  • Paperback: 312 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (December 8, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0415461677
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415461672
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.7 x 9.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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1.0 out of 5 starsChildish
By wimiam on January 27, 2012
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This is a book ostensibly on contemporary strategy but only in old-fashioned British senses, something along the lines of "modern warfare", although perhaps it would be more aptly titled "The Dummy's Guide to War" - the structure is actually a mix of rather childish chapters on aspects of warfare that have been analyzed better elsewhere, and each chapter is a disorienting mix of historical anecdotes and maxims, thrown down at such a pace that one gets the sense that the writers were typing up whatever they recalled form their own undergraduate experiences, presumably towards the end of the Cold War. The authors rely far too heavily on Clausewitz, Machiavelli, and other long-dead philosophers, quoting single sentences out of context as if they were gospel; the only living "strategist" from whom the authors quote repeatedly is Colin S. Gray, to whom the book is dedicated, and the quotes are equally random. This is a book on contemporary strategy remember, but only the last 3 of 13 chapters are grouped under "contemporary strategic challenges" and one of them is on "Nuclear Strategy"! These chapters are so short and superficial as to read like a high-schooler's cut-and-paste collection from diverse blogs and wikis.

For instance, the chapter on terrorism begins with a review of what al-qaeda did on 9/11, then quotes from Clausewitz and Machiavelli and classics from the 1970s about the urban guerilla. A random collection of facts about mostly Cold War terrorist groups follows, then we get some platitudes of wisdom about counter-terrorism, such as (page 230): "Much of the time, no one counterterrorist organisation will be in a position to disrupt more than s small part of the terrorists' operations." Great. What might be the solution? None given. So what should be our "strategy"?Read more ›
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