Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com
Image from OpenLibrary

Command : the politics of military operations from Korea to Ukraine / Lawrence Freedman

By: Material type: TextPublication details: UK: Penguin Random House, 2023.Description: xvii, 588 Pages: illustrations; 19 cmISBN:
  • 9780141993515
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • UB210 .F853 2023
Contents:
Command as politics -- Supreme commander : Truman and MacArthur -- The fury of the legions : the French army in Indochina and Algeria -- Keeping control : the Cuban missile crisis -- The very model of insubordination : Ariel Sharon and Israel's wars -- Civil war : the surrender of East Pakistan -- Orders from on high : responses to North Vietnam's 1972 offensive -- Command in theatre : the Falklands campaign -- Dictator as supreme commander : Saddam Hussein -- Command in a fragile state : Guevara, Kabila and the Congo -- Command in a faltering state : the Russian invasion of Chechnya -- Too many cooks : Kosovo in 1999 -- From hybrid conflict to all-out war : Russia fights Ukraine -- The war on terror : the battle of Tora Bora -- A tale of two surges : Iraq 2006-7 -- War among the people : fighting the Taliban and Isis -- Past, present and future of command.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Notes Barcode
Books Rabdan Academy General Stacks General Collection UB210 .F853 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C. 1 Available AED 39.30 23405
Books Zayed Military University General Stacks General Collection UB210 .F853 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C. 2 Available AED 39.30 23406
Total holds: 0

Command as politics -- Supreme commander : Truman and MacArthur -- The fury of the legions : the French army in Indochina and Algeria -- Keeping control : the Cuban missile crisis -- The very model of insubordination : Ariel Sharon and Israel's wars -- Civil war : the surrender of East Pakistan -- Orders from on high : responses to North Vietnam's 1972 offensive -- Command in theatre : the Falklands campaign -- Dictator as supreme commander : Saddam Hussein -- Command in a fragile state : Guevara, Kabila and the Congo -- Command in a faltering state : the Russian invasion of Chechnya -- Too many cooks : Kosovo in 1999 -- From hybrid conflict to all-out war : Russia fights Ukraine -- The war on terror : the battle of Tora Bora -- A tale of two surges : Iraq 2006-7 -- War among the people : fighting the Taliban and Isis -- Past, present and future of command.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.


Towards A More Resilient Nation
Follow @RabdanAcademy