The Geography of Warfare

By Patrick Michael O'Sullivan

Book Overview

Originally published in 1983, this broad-ranging book provides penetrating insights on the role of geography in both historic and modern-day warfare. Tactically at a local level, strategically at the campaign level and geopolitically at the global level geographical knowledge is crucial. This book analyses geographical solutions to technical questions of logistics and transportation, the impact of climatology on planning for military action and the understanding of spatial geography for urban and guerrilla wars.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138810576
• ISBN13: 9781138810570
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"