War From The Ground Up
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (672 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1849042551 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 540 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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It should be read by everyone interested in the current war in Afghanistan and in the likely nature of conflict for many years to come. It deserves to be widely read by military practitioners and their political leaders. Army Military History Institute) . How to do -- and how not to do -- counterinsurgency by an expert and exceptionally thoughtful practitioner. Hard analysis and free of happy-talk. Essential reading for those seriously interested in what makes success in counterinsurgency so elusive. (John Nagl, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis)Filled with provocative and innovative observations about the blurring of military and political realms in kaleidoscopic environments, this book is the most percep¬tive account of contemporary conflict I have seen. (Conrad Crane, lead author of Field Manual (FM) 3-24, Counterinsurgency, and director of the U.
"Five Stars" according to Mr B. no problem. as advertised. good not great I was intrigued by the review in the Financial Times, which was very positive. The book is derived from, I believe some academic work of the author, and as such is a tad dry in the telling, however his basic points are well considered (if repeated a little too often), and the logic used is compelling and credible.If you wonder how in the 21st and further centuries a viable military will confront the multitude of threats and missions then this book provides some well considered and clear insights as to the scale and scope of kinetic force and potential applications, limitations and constraints. I would suggest reading "Th. Gary Strombo said A study in the Politics and Policys of Armed Conflict. Mr Simpson takes a hard look, from all directions on War. It's scope, and effect on those involved. Delving deeper in the relationship between our Policy and Politics and the tool that is the Army.Excellent read for any student of armed conflict, and especially Afghanistan.I have spent several years in Afghanistan, and this book helped pull into focus so much of what goes on here.Highly recommended.
Emile Simpson served in the British Army from 2006 to 2012 as an infantry officer in the Royal Gurkha Rifles. He completed three tours in southern Afghanistan and also served in Brunei, Nepal, and the Falkland Islands. He previously read history at Oxford University and was a visiting defense fellow there in 2011
They have challenged the distinction between war and peace. While most accounts of war peer down at the battlefield from an academic perspective, or across it as a personal narrative, Simpson looks up from the battlefield to consider the concepts that put him there and how they played out on the ground. Drawing on that experience, and on a range of little-known case studies ranging from Nepal to Borneo, War From The Ground Up offers a distinctive take on contemporary armed conflict. As a British infantry officer in the Royal Gurkha Rifles, Emile Simpson completed three tours of southern Afghanistan. Simpson contends that this loss of clarity is more a response to the conditions of combat in the early twenty-first century, particularly that of globalization, than a deliberate choice. The issue is therefore not whether the West should engage in such practices, but how to manage, gain advantage from, and mitigate the risks of this evolution in warfare.War From The Ground Up draws heavily on personal anecdotes from the frontline, related to historical context and strategic thought, to reevaluate the concept of war in contemporary conflict.. He argues that in the Afghan conflict, and in contemporary conflicts more generally, liberal powers and their armed forces have blurred the line between military and polit