TRANSFORMATION OF WAR (4GW) —“The most important book written about military t

https://www.amazon.com/Transformation-War-Martin-Van-Creveld-ebook/dp/B002YFC1ISTHE TRANSFORMATION OF WAR (4GW)

—“The most important book written about military theory since Clausewitz. I am the “give peace a chance” antiwar generation. This book completely changed my view on war and soldiers. I found it indispensable when I was teaching High School students the _Iliad_: Agamemnon forgets than no one will die for the interests of another. Odysseus forgets than no one will die for his _own_ interests. Achilles forgets that the “I” must become a “we”. Chapters 5 & 6 “What War Is Fought For” and “Why War is Fought”, respectively, were written in Paradise.

“Transformed war”, what Van Creveld calls “non-trinitarian war”, is now with us. William Lind calls it “Fourth Generation War”. Van Creveld’s book is the original and best study of this kind of war, done magisterially in his last chapter.

This book, and Van Creveld’s Rise and Decline of The State are essential reading. Both books changed my life.”—

https://www.amazon.com/Transformation-War-Martin-Van-Creveld-ebook/dp/B002YFC1ISUpdated Apr 27, 2020, 9:31 AM