Modern Warfare

by Ashley Brown

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517611848
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Crescent
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Superb Coverage of Basic events

Modern Warfare looks at the world's conflicts since World War II and explains the basic strategies and battle plans of all sides. It makes for a fine military history textbook of the twentieth century. The first half of the book or so looks at the Second World War while the remainder is taken up with wars from the Greek Civil War to the Falklands. Although the coverage of World War II is excellent, readers who, like myself are already familiar with that history will likely prefer the book's second half. For while many already know all about Pearl Harbor, Stalingrad, and the Battle of the Bulge, they probably know less about the Chinese Civil War, the French Algerian War, and Biafra. As with many of the books I review though, this one is way out of date. It was written in the mid 80's, during the Cold War, and so will be of little use to some. The author's section on the Gulf War, for instance, refers not to our fight with Saddam but rather to the Iran-Iraq conflict. Nevertheless, this is a great book for anyone seeking general information about war since 39.