Conflict

The Evolution of Warfare From 1945 to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. A major new history of war by historian Andrew Roberts and General David Petraeus, former commander of the US-led coalition in Iraq and Afghanistan and former director of the CIA . In Conflict , co-authors General David Petraeus, former commander of the US-led coalition in both Iraq and Afghanistan and former Director of the CIA, and the military historian Professor Andrew Roberts, identify what were the lessons that Putin ought to have learned, and explain how not putting them into practice has led to profound strategic and tactical problems in Russia''s invasion of Ukraine. Petraeus and Roberts unite their different areas of expertise to explain how warfare has changed since World War Two, how statesmen and generals have adapted to various new weapon systems, theories and strategies in the fighting of wars. They reflect on the way that the Russian High Command has consistently ignored these and many other lessons in Ukraine. Roberts'' skills as a bestselling historian and Petraeus'' vast experience as both battlefield commander and unrivalled strategist combine to make Conflict a landmark contribution to global military history.

Auteur

Andrew Roberts took a first in modern history from Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. He is a fellow of the Institute of Napoleonic Studies and has lectured on Napoleon in America, Canada and Britain. Along with Colonel John Hughes-Wilson of the Corps of Battlefield Guides, he conducts annual tours to Waterloo under the auspices of Tours with Experts.

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

'A rigorous and thoughtful study of what has happened on battlefields over the past eight decades' THE TIMES

'A hugely important book ... elegantly written and persuasively argued' DAILY TELEGRAPH

Résumé
'A major book that will enlighten the layman and guide the statesman or geopolitical student' DR. HENRY KISSINGER Two leading authorities - a bestselling historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time - collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945.