The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World

The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World

by RupertSmith (Author)

  • Used

    Hardcover 2005

    $3.27

  • New

    Paperback 2008

    $18.88
Synopsis

Why do we use military force to solve our political problems? And why do our forces win the military battles but this fails to solve those problems? It is because the force used lacks utility. From Iraq to the Balkans, and from Afghanistan to Chechneya, over the past fifteen years there has been a steady stream of military interventions that have not delivered on their promise for peace, or even political resolution. The Utility of Force explains this anomaly at the heart of our current international system. Reaching back to Napoleon and ahead to our future, this book fundamentally changes the way to understand war.

$3.27

Save:$28.33 (90%)

Quantity

3 in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 448
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Allen Lane
Published: 29 Sep 2005
ISBN 10: 0713998369
ISBN 13: 9780713998368

Author Bio
General Sir Rupert Smith is one of the most senior international practitioners in the use of force. In his forty year career in the British Army he commanded the UK Armoured Division in the 1990-91 Gulf War, was GOC Northern Ireland, commanded the UN forces in Bosnia in 1995, and served as Deputy Commander of NATO. All of this experience informs his book. He retired in 2002.