Beginning with an exploration into the question of what war is, War and Warfare since 1945 provides a chronological analysis of military history since the end of World War II extending through to an analysis of the limits of modern warfare in the nuclear age with the purpose of examining why war occurs and how it is carried out. Among the types of conflict considered within the book are:
- state conflicts
- civil wars
- proxy wars
- terrorism and counterterrorism
- insurgency
- genocide.
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