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The transformation of war

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At a time when unprecedented change in international affairs is forcing governments, citizens, and armed forces everywhere to re-assess the question of whether military solutions to political problems are possible any longer, Martin van Creveld has written an audacious searching examination of the nature of war and of its radical transformation in our own time. -- Published description.

Subjects: History
War
World politics
Military art and science
Military art and science, history
Modern Military history
Time: 20th Century; 19th Century; 1945-; 1900-1945

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