Angola, Clausewitz, and the American Way of War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Angola, Clausewitz, and the American Way of War write by John S. McCain (IV.). This book was released on 2017-04-11. Angola, Clausewitz, and the American Way of War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For over twenty years, the South African Border War was fought to counter the influence of Marxism-Leninism and to maintain control of Namibia. The South African people relied on cultural tools and adaptive strategies to protect their own interests. John S. McCain IV isn't interested in taking sides on this issue; instead, he analyzes the military's tactics, operational effectiveness, and strategy. Angola, Clausewitz, and the American Way of War explores the concept of strategy making in war within the context of the South African Border War. It describes the danger of leaning on middle-range theories over general theories and of starting the decision-making process in the middle rather than at the top. Wars should not be forced into a type as one thing or another-and then assumed to be all the same, based on that type. Each individual war should be seen for what it is, unique, and those in charge should be prepared to make changes and reevaluate every step of the way to account for all the moving pieces and the realities on the ground. In the same vein as The Direction of War by Hew Strachan, McCain recognizes that US wars since 9/11 have been poorly strategized. This heavily researched volume challenges traditional approaches to conflict and suggests ways they could be improved.
Clausewitz and African War
Clausewitz and African War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Clausewitz and African War write by Isabelle Duyvesteyn. This book was released on 2004-09-30. Clausewitz and African War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Oil, diamonds, timber, food aid - just some of the suggestions put forward as explanations for African wars in the past decade. Another set of suggestions focuses on ethnic and clan considerations. These economic and ethnic or clan explanations contend that wars are specifically not fought by states for political interests with mainly conventional military means, as originally suggested by Carl von Clausewitz in the 19th century. This study shows how alternative social organizations to the state can be viewed as political actors using war as a political instrument.
Historical Dictionary of Angola
Historical Dictionary of Angola - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Historical Dictionary of Angola write by W. Martin James. This book was released on 2018-03-01. Historical Dictionary of Angola available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Angola, slowly recovering from a twenty-seven year civil war, is becoming a regional super-power in southern Africa. This rise can be attributed to oil, diamonds, a battle-tested armed forces and a political system that is dominated by one party – the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola – MPLA). Problems remain to be solved. The vast wealth is in the control of the elite while the vast majority of the people live on less than two dollars per day. Corruption is rife, the health and education system in shambles, landmines remain a festering problem and the opposition is intimidated and split into various factions. President Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled Angola for almost thirty-eight years, has opted not to run for re-election in the August 2017 elections. Instead his hand-picked successor João Lourenço was elected president. Interestingly, dos Santos has not surrendered his presidency of the party. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Angola contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Angola.
The American Way Of War
The American Way Of War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The American Way Of War write by Mason Holzerland. This book was released on 2021-04-19. The American Way Of War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a very quick read, and one that hopefully finds a wider audience among those professionals who are searching for insights applicable to current military conflicts in several areas of the world. This book explores the concept of strategy making in war within the context of the South African Border War. It describes the danger of leaning on middle-range theories over general theories and of starting the decision-making process in the middle rather than at the top.
Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy
Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy write by Dennis M. Drew. This book was released on 2010-11-01. Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. National security strategy in the post-Cold War world has proven to be far more difficult and contentious than in the era of superpowers and their allies facing each other in a nuclear standoff. Today the world is not so neatly divided, and the issues involved seem much more complex and intractable. Serious issues involving nuclear weapons remain and are now accompanied by a host of equally complex issues, some of which involve-or perhaps are driven by-matters of religious faith. The result is that understanding national security strategy and the process that develops that strategy remain subjects of overwhelming importance. The gestation period for this volume has lasted more than a quarter of a century. It began in 1980 when Dennis Drew published "Strategy: Process and Principles" in the Air University Review. The strategy process model described in the article became the organizing scheme for Drew and Donald Snow to produce an in-house textbook designed to introduce students at Air University's Air Command and Staff College to some of the basic notions of national security strategy. Although Introduction to Strategy was a very rudimentary text, it remained in steady use in both the resident and nonresident curricula until 1988. Over that period, it introduced tens of thousands of midcareer military officers to the vagaries of strategy making. In 1988 Snow and Drew produced Making Strategy-a new, expanded, and more sophisticated version of their original text. The new text remained organized around the strategy process model first published in 1980. Demand for Making Strategy was remarkable considering that although it was written during the Cold War, it was reprinted by Air University Press for the seventh time in 2001. Snow's and Drew's newest version has been slightly retitled and almost totally rewritten to reflect radically changed politicalmilitary realities. Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy addresses not only traditional strategy concerns but also the chaotic nature of the post-Cold War world and the stark realities of terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and military conflicts along religious fault lines. Although the authors have changed a great deal in this edition, the original strategy process model, first published in 1980, remains the constant organizing scheme. I have no doubt that Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy, like its predecessors, will have a long, useful, and influential life. The nexus of global terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and militant radical religious beliefs has produced a dangerous and complex conundrum for strategists. The potential for a flawed strategy to bring about dire political, military, economic, and social consequences makes analytical clarity a priority issue. In this volume, Donald Snow and Dennis Drew continue their long tradition of offering a framework for analysis that provides a significant degree of clarity and insight.
