The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West by Kilcullen, David

The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West

A counterintuitive examination into how, and what, opponents of the West have learned during the last quarter-century...
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Author: David Kilcullen
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The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West by Kilcullen, David

The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West

$50.08

The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West

$50.08
Author: David Kilcullen
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A counterintuitive examination into how, and what, opponents of the West have learned during the last quarter-century of conflict.

Just two decades ago, observers spoke of the US as a hyperpower--a nation with more relative power than any empire in history. Yet as early as 1993, CIA director James Woolsey pointed out that although Western powers had slain a large dragon by defeating the Soviet Union, they now faced a
bewildering variety of poisonous snakes. In The Dragons and the Snakes, the eminent soldier-scholar David Kilcullen asks how, and what, opponents of the West have learned during the last quarter-century of conflict. Applying a combination of evolutionary theory and detailed field observation, he
explains what happened to the snakes--non-state threats including terrorists and guerrillas--and the dragons--state-based competitors such as Russia and China. He explores how enemies learn under conditions of conflict, and examines how Western dominance over a very particular, narrowly-defined
form of warfare since the Cold War has created a fitness landscape that forces adversaries to adapt in ways that present serious new challenges to America and its allies. Within the world's contemporary conflict zones, state and non-state threats have increasingly come to resemble each other, with
states adopting non-state techniques and non-state actors now able to access lethal weapon systems once only available to governments. A counterintuitive look at a vastly more complex conflict environment, this book both reshapes our understanding of the West's adversaries and shows how we can
respond given the increasing limits on US power.


Author: David Kilcullen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/25/2023
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780197619117

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