Overview
"Asymmetric warfare, involving conflicts where smaller powers apply their strengths against the weaknesses of a more powerful opponent, has become a key modern concern since the September 11th attacks. ""Conflicts in Afghanistan"" tackles this issue by examining the five wars Afghanistan has waged against foreign powers over the past two centuries, all of which have involved forms of asymmetric warfare. Incorporating contemporary documents and material from Soviet archives the text analyses each war's antecedents, conduct and consequences. Important questions are asked about the role of religious beliefs, fanaticism, diplomacy, governmental decision making and military competence, issues which have great contemporary relevance. The book provides an illuminating commentary of Afghanistan's wars and examines the relevance of these conflicts to the modern-day challenge of counter-insurgency and asymmetric warfare."
Full Product Details
Author: Martin Ewans
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.430kg
ISBN: 9780415341608
ISBN 10: 0415341604
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 14 July 2005
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"'The principal arguement of the book, has to do with what is called ""asymmetric warfare"", that is how a weak power fights a stronger one. His sensible conlusion is that great modern powers should be wary of embarking on contests with smaller countries and should be much more serious about first exhausting the resources of diplomacy. In the end, he (Ewans) remarks rather sententiously, asymmetric warefare is about hearts and minds.' - Asian Studies 'The authors judgements on each conflict are pursuasive and in line with commonly accepted historical views.' - M. E. Yapp 'The principal arguement of the book, has to do with what is called ""asymmetric warfare"", that is how a weak power fights a stronger one. His sensible conlusion is that great modern powers should be wary of embarking on contests with smaller countries and should be much more serious about first exhausting the resources of diplomacy. In the end, he remarks rather sententiously, asymmetric warefare is about hearts and minds.' - Asian Studies 'The authors judgements on each conflict are pursuasive and in line with commonly accepted historical views.' - M. E. Yapp"
'The principal arguement of the book, has to do with what is called asymmetric warfare , that is how a weak power fights a stronger one. His sensible conlusion is that great modern powers should be wary of embarking on contests with smaller countries and should be much more serious about first exhausting the resources of diplomacy. In the end, he (Ewans) remarks rather sententiously, asymmetric warefare is about hearts and minds.' - Asian Studies 'The authors judgements on each conflict are pursuasive and in line with commonly accepted historical views.' - M. E. Yapp
<p>'The principal arguement of the book, has to do with what is called asymmetric warfare, that is how a weak power fights a stronger one. His sensible conlusion is that great modern powers should be wary of embarking on contests with smaller countries and should be much more serious about first exhausting the resources of diplomacy. In the end, he (Ewans) remarks rather sententiously, asymmetric warefare is about hearts and minds.' - Asian Studies <p>'The authors judgements on each conflict are pursuasive and in line with commonly accepted historical views.' - M. E. Yapp
<p>'The principal arguement of the book, has to do with what is called asymmetric warfare, that is how a weak power fights a stronger one. His sensible conlusion is that great modern powers should be wary of embarking on contests with smaller countries and should be much more serious about first exhausting the resources of diplomacy. In the end, he (Ewans) remarks rather sententiously, asymmetric warefare is about hearts and minds.' - Asian Studies<p>'The authors judgements on each conflict are pursuasive and in line with commonly accepted historical views.' - M. E. Yapp
Author Information
Sir Martin Ewans is a retired diplomat with considerable experience of South Asia, including three years as Head of Chancery in Kabul.
