02959cam a22004934a 4500 95978 20230410105208.0 060614s2006 nyu b 001 0 eng 2006048573 (OCoLC)ocm70158583 DLC eng DLC BAKER BTCTA OCO YDXCP C#P VP@ IXA BUR OCLCG SMP CQU IG# OCLCQ 9780891419013 (alk. paper) 0891419012 (alk. paper) YDXCP 2518638 NLGGC 298903865 NZ1 10876038 AU@ 000040431159 UNITY 108401804 UKMAN 0891419012 (OCoLC)70158583 pcc D431 V223 2006 355.409/04 22 Van Creveld, Martin, 1946- The changing face of war : lessons of combat, from the Marne to Iraq / Martin van Creveld. 1st ed. New York : Presidio Press, c2006. xi, 304 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Prelude, 1900-14 -- World War I, 1914-18 -- The twenty years' truce -- World War II, 1939-45 -- In the shadow of the Bomb -- The new world disorder, 1991 to the present -- The first and the last. One of the most influential experts on military history and strategy has now written an original and provocative account of the past hundred years of global conflict. This book reveals the path that led to the impasse in Iraq, why powerful standing armies are now helpless against ill-equipped insurgents, and how the security of sovereign nations may be maintained in the future. Van Creveld takes us on a journey from the last century's clashes of massive armies to today's short, high-tech, lopsided skirmishes and frustrating quagmires. War today is a mix of the ancient and the advanced, as state-of-the-art armies fail to defeat small groups of crudely outfitted guerrilla and terrorists. How to learn from the recent past to reshape the military for this new challenge--how we can still save, in a sense, the free world--is the ultimate lesson of this big, bold, and cautionary work.--From publisher description. Military history, Modern 20th century. Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0714/2006048573.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2006048573-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2006048573-d.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2006048573-s.html YBP Library Services YANK 2518638 Baker and Taylor BTCP 2006048573 Baker & Taylor BKTY 25.95 19.46 0891419012 0006844484 active Ingram INGR 9780891419013 lcc bk C0 DRFGD MF 31925 31925 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 3 0 D431 V223 2006 00000088710 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk