The Transformation of War: The Most Radical Reinterpretation of Armed Conflict Since Clausewitz

by: Martin Van Creveld

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Average Rating: Rating: - EXCELLENT AND FAIR It was just excellent. Its price was fair and it came pretty fast. Thank you all. Rating: - Oversimplification by Omission I'm giving this book three stars because it at least will challenge the reader intellectually. The book makes a number of predictions based on what was appearing to be a start of a trend back in 1990. Most of these predictions have already turned out to be quite overblown. The book is reminiscent of the doomsday flicks of the late 60s and early 70s, particularly Soylent Green. If you watch that movie with Heston, you'll not need to read this book. Rating: - A very advanced book This is one of the best books that I have read on war. The book covers history, government, religion, economics, law (both domestic and international). All of these areas are apart of warmaking. The author writes the book with the assuption that the reader as an indepth understanding of all these areas. If you do not have a good understanding of each of these areas, then reasoning of this book will be lost on you. The age of this book having been written in the early 90's is what ... Read More Rating: - Recommended Reading I highly recommend this book be on the US Army's Chief of Staff reading list for officers (if it has not already been done). This is one of those rare books whose message is not only important, but presented in a format that is easily understood. Creveld's message does help put wars like Iraq into proper context. I would compare this book (of the same topic) with others like James Dunnigan (of How to Make War fame) or books by Peter Drucker (who write books about management, but can also ... Read More Rating: - Not that great read this book with very high expectations based on the reviews. There is a lot in it. Some of it is right, some is not (e.g. the workings of the Roman Army are oversimplified). My major gripe is that it equates the modern state to a war making organization: when classic armies disappear, the state disappears too. The modern state probably was born as the most effective warmaking organization of his time but others could argue that it was born as the most efficient task collecting organization of his ... Read More see more