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nrldyer's review against another edition
3.0
Military view but good brush up on history. Very male and selective though. Needs to be read with other things
bob_muller's review against another edition
5.0
Anyone who thinks they understand what it means to deploy military force in today's world, and who hasn't read this book, will greatly change that understanding when they read it. Smith makes very clear, through historical analysis and using his personal deployment history (which is huge) what military force can and can't do, and why. It makes nonsense of most of what American, European, and international deployments, 10 years after the publication of the book, are theoretically trying to achieve.
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