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Title of Book: Hybrid Warfare: Fighting Complex Opponents from the Ancient World to the Present Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. 321 pp Paperback ISBN 9781107643338 Editors : Williamson Murray and Peter R. Mansoor Reviewed By : Chris Roberts With the advent of the atomic bomb, pundits predicted that war had changed forever. The intervening years have proven them wrong. Since the United States became embroiled in Iraq and Afghanistan in the first decade of the 21st Century, analysts posited the …
A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press , 2010 Online ISBN: 9780191777592 Print ISBN: 9780199569915 Author : Keith Grint Reviewed By : Anne Goyne Books on leadership generally fall into three camps: the promotion of a ‘new’ way of theorising about leadership; a deep dive into great, but generally flawed leaders/leadership (which is what makes the narrative interesting); or a compendium of the current leadership literature. Professor Keith Grint’s Leadership: A Very Short Introduction falls into …
A History of Intelligence Penguin Press, New York, 2018, 948 pp Paperback ISBN: 9780140285321 eBook ISBN: 9780241305225 Author : Christopher Andrew Reviewed By : Dejan Mujkanovic Christopher Andrew's The Secret World: A History of Intelligence provides an overview of the evolution of intelligence tradecraft and related disciplines throughout history by examining the relevance of intelligence to decision-making from ancient to modern eras. Andrew is an Emeritus Professor of Modern and Contemporary …
Threat Strategy and Concepts The career management agency is engaged with Officers and senior non-commissioned officers (NCOs) about their placement for Career Management Cycle 2026. Some will find themselves coming to Land Capability Division within Army Headquarters for the first time. I was in the same position as you, two years ago. The aim of this series of posts on the Land Power Forum is to pass on what I have learned about the role of Land Capability Division over the last 12 months, in helping the …
Capability is a Team Sport – The Committee System Part One in this series of Land Power Forum posts introduced some capability definitions, and highlighted how deteriorating strategic circumstances have changed the strategy that guides ADF capability development. It also provided some examples of the process underway to transform the Australian Army into one focused on littoral manoeuvre capable of control of strategic land position with long-range strike capabilities. This post will discuss the …
Conflict and Cooperation in Space Columbia University Press , New York, 2014, 193 pp Hardcover ISBN: 9780231159128 Author : James Clay Moltz Reviewed By : Steven Henry James Clay Moltz’s Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space is an insightful examination of the challenges and opportunities in the space domain, making it essential reading for Defence space professionals, and those seeking to understand this critical domain better. The book leverages the ‘congested, contested and competitive’ …
University Press of Kansas , Lawrence, 2016, 267 pp Hardcover ISBN: 9780700622214 eBook ISBN: 9780700622221 Author : Stephen R. Taafe Reviewed By : Chris Roberts MacArthur’s Korean War Generals is a study of command under adverse conditions. Set within a narrative of the United States (US) Eighth Army’s operations during the first year of the Korean War, Stephen R. Taaffe examines the character, command styles, and performance of the twenty-one men who led that army, its three corps and seven divisions …
The British Army's Preparations for War 1902-1914 Helion , Warwick, 2018, 235pp Hardback ISBN: 9781911512851 Paperback ISBN: 9781804515686 Author : Simon Batten Reviewed By : Chris Roberts The subject of the British Army's reform and preparations prior to the Great War has received little serious study. Further, much of what has been written in general histories has been simplistic and derogatory based on shallow research, ill-founded assumptions or deliberate misinformation. Two notable exceptions …
Fifty Years of Service Edited by William A Taylor University Press of Kansas , 2023, 344 pp Hardcover ISBN 9780700635382 Paperback ISBN 9780700634811 eBook ISBN 9780700634828 Reviewed by Brian Washam 1968 was a tumultuous year for the United States as the unpopular Vietnam War reached a crescendo with North Vietnam launching the Tet Offensive. Though a military victory for American and South Vietnamese forces, the American public watched the offensive play out live on the news. They concluded that the …
Delivering Effective Partner Force Capacity Building Routledge Press , Essex, 2021, 116 pp Paperback ISBN 9780367766405 Authors : Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds Reviewed By : James Bryant Some authors just make good sense. Reflective, reasonable and rational, with no particular ideological axe to grind, and transparent in how they arrive at their conclusions. In this reviewer’s opinion, Jack Watling is quite simply one of the most lucid, clear and insightful analysts on modern war on land. An …
