Conflict

¿A HUGELY IMPORTANT BOOK ¿ ELEGANTLY WRITTEN AND PERSUASIVELY ARGUED¿ DAILY TELEGRAPH, FIVE-STAR REVIEW¿AN INTELLIGENT, AUTHORITATIVE, COMPELLING AND, ABOVE ALL, TIMELY'' TLSShortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year AwardConflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin¿s invasion of Ukraine, and a penetrating analysis of what we must learn from the past, and anticipate in the future, in order to navigate an increasingly perilous world.In this deep and incisive study, General David Petraeus, the former CIA director who commanded the US-led coalitions in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and the prize-winning historian Andrew Roberts, explore over seventy years of conflict, drawing significant lessons and insights from their fresh analysis of the past. Petraeus and Roberts show how often critical mistakes have been repeated time and again, and explore the challenge, for statesmen and generals alike, of learning to adapt to various new weapon system