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War: Ends and Means
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This book explores the causes, operations, endings, and justifications of war. In the process, it demolishes many currently fashionable illusions, such as that peace is always preferable to war, that wars occur because of accidents or misunderstandings, and that technology changes the nature of war. Abundant historical and contemporary examples show, the authors contend, that all wars are deliberate political choices, that military operations follow timeless principles, and that, as Aristotle taught, the natural aim of war is victory. This new edition of the book that Eugene Rostow called "a gem," Michael Howard called "shrewd and trenchant," and LIBRARY JOURNAL called "persuasive" devotes substantial attention to the wars of the post--Cold War period, including "the war on terrorism."
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Pages 320
Dimensions: Length: 8.9" Width: 6" Height: 1.2"
Weight: 1.25 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Jul 19, 2006
ISBN 157488610X
EAN 9781574886108
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 | Very insightful. A MUST READ! Feb 4, 2007 |
It is extremely rare that I would consider a book a "must read", however, this book is simply outstanding. Anyone with an interest in conflict or international relations will find the authors incredibly insightful. This should be required reading for anyone in the military or anywhere else in the government who is involved in our relations with other peoples and nations.
This book gets six stars out of a possible five. (Yes, you read that correctly.)
An additional plug for Codevilla: having read some of his articles as well, I will say that any of his work is worth searching out and reading. | | | | The Best Book on the Subject in a Very Long Time Dec 14, 2006 |
One of the abosolutely best books I've read on the subject of war in years. There are so many good points that I can't possibly mention them here, but two really stand out.
Civilians have become the target. Perhaps 70% of the people killed in World War II were civilians. This includes jews, homosexuals, slavs, gypsys, et al in the death camps, and the people under the bombs in London or Berlin. Since then, perhaps 100,000,000 have been killed in ethnic clensing, deliberate starvation, revolutions and so on.
If you really want to take out the terrorists, go after their directors, not the terrorists themselves.
If a cleric is preaching 'Death to America' in his mosque, when the service ends and the people walk outside they find an orbiting Preadator has dropped leaflets saying that it isn't wise to go to places to hear such talking. The second time they get a stronger message by leaflet. The third time a Hellfire missile ends the sermon.
Oh but can you imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth among our own liberals, to say nothing of al-Jazeera and the United Nations.
Instead we look for terrorists like we look for other criminals, one at a time, and restricted to the actual perp, not the ones who sent them out. | | | | Still the Best Nov 7, 2006 |
An instant classic when it was first published, this new edition is even better. A must read for anyone who wishes to understand the causes of war and how to deal with them.
JDW | | | | To Understand Our Current Situation...And What Needs To Be Done Oct 2, 2006 |
| A great far ranging analysis of military and political strategy; his serious analysis of terrorism and what needs to be done is worth the price of this book. After reading this book, one will know why our efforts are at least partially not working, what needs to be done, and when we know things are going the right way. It also indirectly tells us what we should do about Iran. Another great effort, similar to his columns in the Claremont Review and his previous book, "No Victory, No Peace." | | | | Title says it all Dec 27, 2003 |
| Read this book and the thought may occur to you: "This is so bloody obvious, who needs to read it in a book?" But then put the book down, read the newspapers, listen to the talking heads on TV, or attend a university lecture on the same subjects, and you quickly realize: none of it is obvious to anyone that matters. On second or third reading, you realize that what it's saying is not "obvious" at all; the book's genius consists in making a radical and controversial thesis sound self-evident. I have one quibble, but the quibble doesn't detract sufficiently from the book to subtract a star: because the authors discuss warfare out of relation to morality, an incautious reader could easily get the impression that they are "Machiavellian" amoralists whose advice can be dismissed as "amoral realism." It isn't true, but they might have been more explicit about why not. It really is a sad commentary on our culture that this book is as obscure as it is. | | | Write your own review about War: Ends and Means
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