A QUICK AND DIRTY GUIDE TO WAR, 4TH EDITION

A QUICK AND DIRTY GUIDE TO WAR, 4TH EDITION The Tools for Understanding the Global War on Terror, Cyber War, Iraq, the Persian Gulf, China, Afghanistan, the Balkans, East Africa, Colombia, Mexico, & Other Hot SpotsNEW! The first three editions of A Quick & Dirty Guide to War not only provided essential tools for understanding wars & hot spots around the world, they delivered remarkably accurate projections on the outcomes of each conflict. War-game simulation specialists James F. Dunnigan & Austin Bay have revised their highly regarded analyses, bringing up to date not only the many conventional conflicts around the world today but the new battlegrounds that have emerged since the previous edition was published more than a decade ago _ the Global War on Terror, counterinsurgency struggles around the world & the latest frontier of modern combat: cyber war.This fourth edition takes up where the last edition left off & analyzes the monumental events that have occurred since 1996 _ September 11, the toppling of Saddam Hussein & the ongoing wars in Afghanistan & Iraq _ while guiding readers through dozens of other significant developments around the globe, including the tinderbox situation with Iran & oil flow through the Persian Gulf; the final disintegration of Yugoslavia; the struggle for regional influence between Brazil, Colombia & Hugo Chvez's Venezuela; Israel's attempts to deal with a fragmented Palestine Liberation Organization; China & India's growing influence in Asia & beyond; ongoing chaos & suffering on the Horn of Africa; Russia's struggle to reassert itself on the world stage; & much more.Dunnigan & Bay present an enormous amount of information in a series of concise, insightful briefings coupled with their shrewd projections of potential outcomes, making A Quick & Dirty Guide to War a thought-provoking reference on the face of war in the 21st century.ABOUT THE AUTHORS:James F. Dunnigan & Austin Bay are U.S. Army veterans, acclaimed military historians & analysts, & designers of war-game simulations. Dunnigan has been a lecturer to the U.S. State Department, CIA & U.S. Army War College. Bay writes a syndicated national security column & has appeared as a guest commentator on CNN, C-SPAN, Nightline & NPR. ISBN: 1-58160-683-4 publish date: 12/01/2008