Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine

by Lawrence Freedman

Book Overview

Using examples from a wide variety of conflicts, Lawrence Freedman shows that successful military command depends on the ability not only to use armed forces effectively but also to understand the political context in which they are operating.

Command in war is about forging effective strategies and implementing them, making sure that orders are appropriate, well-communicated, and then obeyed. But it is also an intensely political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197540678
• ISBN13: 9780197540671
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.6" x 9.6"