This is a little book which is jam-packed with ideas and insights. This book offers an interesting and invigorating read. TLS I am addicted to this series of pocket-portable introductory lectures - they provoke active and reactive thought. The Guardian Small but impressive Soldier Magazine

1. 'On my command unleash hell!' The Western Way of War?; 2. Thinking with war; 3. War and Society; 4. Thinking about war; 5. Strategy, Campaigns, and Logistics; 6. Fighting; 7. 'Some people don't know when they are beaten.' Imagining war