Warfare and the Third World

by R. Harkavy, S. Neuman

Overview

This book is designed to help the reader better understand the conduct of war by focusing on the 'how' not the 'why' of warfare. It examines a number of crucial dimensions of contemporary armed conflict such as: the strategies, operations, tactics, doctrines and weapons of conventional and low-intensity war; military geography; the cultural underpinnings of strategies and tactics; arms resupply, security assistance, and foreign intervention.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312240127
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	10/17/2001
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	413
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

ROBERT HARKAVY is Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State

University.

STEPHANIE NEUMAN is Director of the Comparative Defense Studies Program and an Adjunct Professor in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Table of Contents

The Study of Warfare in the Third World How the Wars Start: Capabilities, War Aims, Perceptions Military Geography How the Conventional Wars Are Fought: Strategies, Doctrines, Tactics, Weapons Strategies, Operations, Tactics in Low-Intensity Conflict Culture and Warfare Security Assistance, Arms Resupply, and Intervention Conclusions: The Lessons of Modern Warfare

Editorial Reviews

'Harkavy and Neuman render and important service with the development of this comprehensive catalogue and analysis of conflict in the Third World.' - Journal of Military History

'The authors provide one of the best comprehensive treatments of conflict in the Third World to be found anywhere.' - Political Science Quarterly

'...genuinely insightful and original...' - Julian Schofield, Comparative Strategy

'Harkavy and Neuman...have produced the best handbook to date on warfare in the develping world, one that is sure to become a core work in the field of war studies. Anyone who is concerned with the general subject of modern warfare will most assuredly profit by reading it.' - Journal of Strategic Studies

From the Publisher

A provocative look into warfare of the past century and a powerful refutation of the postmodernist thesis that its a completely different world these days.

J. David Singer

Invites comparison with Quincy Wright's classic, A Study of War. The most comprehensive account of war in the Third World ever written.

Martin van Creveld

A thorough, penetrating, and sustained attention analyzing conflict in the Third World. An impressive book with few competitors and will command a wide audience.

Richard K. Betts