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Author Hammes, Thomas X.

Title The sling and the stone : on war in the 21st century / Thomas X. Hammes.

Publication Info. St. Paul, MN : Zenith Press, [2004]
©2004

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 Moore Stacks  U241 .H38 2004    Available  ---
Description xiv, 321 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-310) and index.
Contents Four generations of warfare -- The first two generations of modern war -- Transition to third-generation warfare -- Changes in society -- Mao and the birth of fourth-generation war -- The Vietnamese modification -- The Sandanista refinement -- The Intifada : civilians versus an army -- The al-Aqsa Intifada -- Al-Qaeda : a transnational enemy -- Afghanistan : a tribal network -- Iraq : high-tech versus fourth-generation -- Technology : not a panacea -- Characteristics of fourth-generation war -- Where to from here? -- Evaluating the threat -- The future is flexibility.
Subject Counterinsurgency.
Counterinsurgency.
Asymmetric warfare.
Asymmetric warfare.
Operational art (Military science)
Operational art (Military science)
Military art and science -- History -- 21st century.
Military art and science.
History.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Military art and science -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Indexed Term Fourth generation warfare.
ISBN 0760320594