On Political War

By Paul A. Smith Jr.

This study of political warfare (PW) in the Western world traces the develop. of PW since antiquity. It emphasizes the role of political competition as a form of conflict and discusses the historical antecedents of our modern internat. political rhetoric with specific application to the U.S.-Soviet relationship. Smith's grasp of history, lit., art, politics, and armed conflict comprehensively informs his contention that PW is often as crucial to nat. survival as the massing of great land, sea, and air power. Chapters: antiquity; the Reformation; the Napoleonic Era; WW I; Marxism-Leninism; the Nazis; Britain and Amer. in WW II; the Cold War; and today, and the future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 016001719X
• ISBN13: 9780160017193
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: National Defense University Press
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"