1991The Journal of Military HistoryRequires access

The Transformation of War.

Kenneth P. Werrell, Martin van Creveld

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At a time when uprecedented change in international affairs is forcing governments, citizens, and armed forces everywhere to re-assess the question of whether military solutions to political problems are possible any longer. Martin van Creveld has written an audacious searching examination of the nature of war and of its radical transformation in our own time.

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At a time when uprecedented change in international affairs is forcing governments, citizens, and armed forces everywhere to re-assess the question of whether military solutions to political problems are possible any longer. Martin van Creveld has written an audacious searching examination of the nature of war and of its radical transformation in our own time.

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At a time when uprecedented change in international affairs is forcing governments, citizens, and armed forces everywhere to re-assess the question of whether military solutions to political problems are possible any longer. Martin van Creveld has written an audacious searching examination of the nature of war and of its radical transformation in our own time.

Key concepts: Politics, Transformation (genetics), Forcing (mathematics), Political science, Political economy, Law, Sociology, Mathematics

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