The dragons and the snakes : how the rest learned to fight the West
Kilcullen, David2020
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Just twenty years ago, people spoke of the US as a unipolar titan, stalking the world stage with more power than any empire in history. Yet, even in 1993, the newly-appointed CIA director warned that Western powers might have 'slain a large dragon' with the fall of the USSR, but now faced a 'bewildering variety of poisonous snakes'. Leading soldier-scholar David Kilcullen reveals what the West's opponents have learned from the last decade-and-a-half of conflict, and how this has shaped their strategies. He investigates what has happened to both the 'snakes' - terrorist and guerrilla organisations - and the 'dragons' - fellow state enemies, such as Russia and China.
Main title:
The dragons and the snakes : how the rest learned to fight the West / David Kilcullen.
Author:
Kilcullen, David, author
Imprint:
London : Hurst & Company, 2020.
Collation:
256 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781787380981 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
327327 KIL
Language:
English
BRN:
272917
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