Jonathan Boff

New tactics are needed for the wars of the future

Understanding ideology and social change will be just as important as developing sophisticated weaponry, Jeremy Black predicts

Jeremy Black envisages a wave of insurgencies and civil wars across the new mega cities where more and more of us will live. Credit: Alamy 
issue 30 October 2021
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  • A Short History of War

    Jeremy Black

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