Understanding Urban Warfare (Paperback)

Dr. Liam Collins

ISBN 10: 1912440350 / ISBN 13: 9781912440351

Verlag: Howgate Publishing Limited, 2022

Paperback. No environment is more challenging for militaries than a city. No form of combat is more inherently destructive than urban warfare. And yet too often, militaries are both unprepared for the challenges of cities and unable to avoid being pulled into brutal urban fights.In Understanding Urban Warfare, readers will gain more than just an appreciation of the unique challenges of urban warfarefrom the limiting effects of three-dimensional terrain on many weapon systems and the multiplicity of enemy firing points on a city street to the overarching need to minimize civilian casualties and protect critical infrastructure and cultural property. The book presents readers with new ways to understand the distinctive characteristics of a variety of citiesmegacities, global cities, feral cities, and even smart citiesand how those characteristics impact military operations in urban terrain.Readers will also be provided first-hand accounts of some of the most relevant urban battles in modern historythe 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, the 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah in Iraqplus the 2020 Battle of Shusha in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and moreto illuminate trends and lessons to better understand urban warfare.In an increasingly urban world, the future character of conflict will also be increasingly urban. This book sets out to understand that future. In an increasingly urban world, the future character of conflict will also be increasingly urban. Thisbook sets out to understand that future. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781912440351

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No environment is more challenging for militaries than a city. No form of combat is more inherently destructive than urban warfare. And yet too often, militaries are both unprepared for the challenges of cities and unable to avoid being pulled into brutal urban fights. In an increasingly urban world, the future character of conflict will also be increasingly urban. This book sets out to understand that future.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Liam Collins is the executive director of the Madison Policy Forum, asenior fellow at New America, and a permanent member with the Councilon Foreign Relations. He retired as a colonel from the U.S. Army after 27years of service. As a career special forces officer, he conducted multipleoperational and combat deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, SouthAmerica, and the Horn of Africa. He was the founding director of theModern War Institute and a former director of the Combating TerrorismCenter at West Point. He is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of U.S.Counterterrorism and Irregular Warfare Operations. He earned a Bachelor ofScience degree in Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace) from the UnitedStates Military Academy, and a master in public affairs and a PhD fromPrinceton University's School of Public and International Affairs.

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Titel: Understanding Urban Warfare (Paperback)
Verlag: Howgate Publishing Limited
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: new