Understanding Land Warfare by Christopher Tuck Hardcover Book

Description: Understanding Land Warfare by Christopher Tuck 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. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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.Drawing on a range of case studies spanning the First World War through to contemporary conflicts in Syria, Ukraine, and Nagorno-Karabakh, the book explores what is unique about the land domain and how this has shaped the theory and practice of military operations conducted upon it. It also looks at land warfare across the spectrum of its conduct, including conventional campaigning, counterinsurgency, and peace support and stabilisation operations.Key themes and debates identified and analysed include:the tensions between change and continuity;the role of technology in land warfare;the relevance of culture and context;the difficulties in translating theory into effective military practice;in-depth discussions on issues of immediate contemporary significance, including hybrid warfare, emerging military technologies, and the military reform processes of the US, Russian, and Chinese land forces.This book will be essential reading for military practitioners and for students of land warfare, military history, war studies and strategic studies. Author Biography Christopher Tuck is Reader in Strategic Studies, Kings College London at the United Kingdom Defence Academy. Prior to this, he was Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Table of Contents 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 Review The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has demonstrated that, contrary to some predictions, high-intensity land warfare is not just a historical phenomenon. Christopher Tucks stimulating book is an excellent and timely introduction to land warfare, but it is far more than just a basic text; academics and military practitioners can learn much from it.Gary Sheffield, Emeritus Professor, University of Wolverhampton, UKThis book is a well-written, well-researched and wide-ranging exploration of land warfare. I think that it is excellent. Chris Tuck, whose style is always clear, engaging and eminently readable, explores and demystifies every aspect of warfare on land. Whether you read this book as an introduction to the subject (as a primer), or you come to it as a hardened professional soldier or experienced academic, you will find that it offers insight and understanding.Major General Dr Andrew Sharpe, CBEChristopher Tucks book, Understanding Land Warfare, is a comprehensive addition to the existing academic literature focusing on historical and changing contemporary land warfare concepts. Safia Malik, Margalla Papers, Vol. 27,1 (2023) Details ISBN0367560593 Author Christopher Tuck Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2022 ISBN-10 0367560593 ISBN-13 9780367560591 Format Hardcover Edition 2nd Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 16 Line drawings, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white AU Release Date 2022-06-22 NZ Release Date 2022-06-22 Publication Date 2022-06-22 UK Release Date 2022-06-22 Edition Description 2nd edition Alternative 9780367560539 DEWEY 355.4 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Pages 322 Replaces 9780415507530 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158179582;

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