Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century

by Anthony King

Book Overview

War is urbanising. From Mosul to Mumbai, Aleppo to Marawi, the largest and most intense battles of the twenty-first century have taken place in densely populated urban areas. In the Ukraine War, Russian and Ukrainian troops have converged on urban areas, Kyiv, Mariupol, and Bakhmut, to fight brutal attritional sieges. Meanwhile the Battle of Gaza rages.

Through a close analysis of recent urban conflicts and their historical antecedents,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509563350
• ISBN13: 9781509563357
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 288 Pages