Freedman, Lawrence, <br/><br/>
The future of war :  a history / 
Lawrence Freedman. 
 - First edition. 
 - xxi, 376 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-361) and index. 
<br/><br/>Decisive battle -- Indecisive battle -- The house of strife -- Victory through cruelty -- Failures of peace -- Total war -- The balance of terror -- Stuck in the nuclear age -- A surprise peace -- A science of war -- Counting the dead -- Democracy and war -- New wars and failed states -- Ancient hatreds and mineral curses -- Intervention -- Counter-insurgency to counter-terrorism -- From counter-terrorism to counter-insurgency -- The role of barbarism -- Cure not prevention -- Hybrid wars -- Cyberwar -- Robots and drones -- Mega-cities and climate change -- Coming wars -- The future of the future of war. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1610393058 9781610393058 (hbk.) 9781610393065 (electronic) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017385463 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>War--Forecasting.<br/>War--History--20th century.<br/>War--History--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>U21.2  / .F74 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>355.02