Bøger af John Arquilla

In this Perspective, the authors urge strategists to consider a new concept for U.S. grand strategy-noopolitik, which focuses on "soft power"-to supersede realpolitik, which emphasizes "hard power," to counter U.S. adversaries' use of this strategy.

The conflict in Iraq is characterized by three faces of war: interstate conflict, civil war, and insurgency. The Coalition's invasion of Iraq in March 2003 began as an interstate war. No sooner had Saddam Hussein been successfully deposed, however, than U.S.-led forces faced a lethal insurgency.

Contrary to widely held views of Ronald Reagan as a reflexive man of action, this book argues that he was drawn to and driven by ideas. It states that Reagan, during his presidency, articulated important new concepts that fundamentally reshaped American foreign policy.

Providing fresh perspective on World War II, this study argues that the Germans, Japanese and Italians made poor design choices in ships, planes, tanks and information security - before and during the war - that forced them to fight with weapons and systems that were too soon outmatched by the Allies'.

Why do leaders initiate wars they are destined to lose? This study shows that imperfect understanding of land-sea wars was at the root of defeats for leaders from Louis XIV to Saddam Hussein.

Essays about conflict in the information age that show how the information revolution is altering the nature of conflict.

This study discusses the opportunities that may be raised by the emergence of noopolitik--ranging from construction of noosphere to recommendations.

The term Netwar refers to societal conflict and crime, short of war, in which the protagonists are organized more as sprawling leaderless networks than as tight-knit hierarchies. The emergence of netwar raises the need to rethink strategy and doctrine to conduct counternetwar.

Special operations have played a key role throughout the history of conflict from the Trojan War to the great arms struggles of the 20th century. This volume introduces the reader to the broad sweep of the history of special operations.