Description
| Product ID: | 9780241456996 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Command |
| Subtitle: | The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine |
| Authors: | Author: Sir Lawrence Freedman |
| Page Count: | 608 |
| Subjects: | Military history, Military history, History of ideas, Political science and theory, Political leaders and leadership, Military and defence strategy, History of ideas, Political science & theory, Political leaders & leadership, Defence strategy, planning & research, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Throughout history, the concept of command -- as both a way to achieve objectives and as an assertion of authority -- has been essential to military action and leadership. But, as Sir Lawrence Freedman shows, it is also deeply political. Military command has been reconstructed and revolutionized since the Second World War by nuclear warfare, small-scale guerrilla land operations and cyber interference. Freedman takes a global perspective, systematically investigating its practice and politics since 1945 through a wide range of conflicts from the French Colonial Wars, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bangladesh Liberation War to North Vietnam's Easter Offensive of 1972, the Falklands War, the Iraq War and Russia's wars in Chechnya and Ukraine. By highlighting the political nature of strategy, Freedman shows that military decision-making cannot be separated from civilian priorities and that commanders must now have the sensibility to navigate politics as well as warfare. Throughout history, the concept of command -- as both a way to achieve objectives and as an assertion of authority -- has been essential to military action and leadership. But, as Sir Lawrence Freedman shows, it is also deeply political. |
| Imprint Name: | Allen Lane |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-08 |
