Warfare and the Third World [Hardcover]

This book is designed to help the reader better understand the conduct of war by focusing on the 'how' not the 'why' of warfare. It examines a number of crucial dimensions of contemporary armed conflict such as: the strategies, operations, tactics, doctrines and weapons of conventional and low-intensity war; military geography; the cultural underpinnings of strategies and tactics; arms resupply, security assistance, and foreign intervention.The Study of Warfare in the Third World How the Wars Start: Capabilities, War Aims, Perceptions Military Geography How the Conventional Wars Are Fought: Strategies, Doctrines, Tactics, Weapons Strategies, Operations, Tactics in Low-Intensity Conflict Culture and Warfare Security Assistance, Arms Resupply, and Intervention Conclusions: The Lessons of Modern Warfare

'Harkavy and Neuman render and important service with the development of this comprehensive catalogue and analysis of conflict in the Third World.' - Journal of Military History

'The authors provide one of the best comprehensive treatments of conflict in the Third World to be found anywhere.' - Political Science Quarterly

'...genuinely insightful and original...' - Julian Schofield, Comparative Strategy

'Harkavy and Neuman...have produced the best handbook to date on warfare in the develping world, one that is sure to become a core work in the field of war studies. Anyone who is concerned with the general subject of modern warfare will most assuredly profit by reading it.' - Journal of Strategic Studies