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The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century (Zenith Military Classics) by Colonel Thomas X. Hammes USMC is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century (Zenith Military Classics) about?
4GW (Fourth Generation Warfare) is the only kind of war America has ever lost. And we have done so three times – in Vietnam, Lebanon, and Somalia. This form of warfare has also defeated the French in Vietnam and Algeria, and the USSR in Afghanistan…As the only Goliath left in the world, we should be worried that the world’s Davids have found a sling and stone that work." – Chapter 1, The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century. The War in Iraq. The War on Terror. These types of "asymmetr
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Colonel Thomas X. Hammes USMC
- Publisher
- Zenith Press
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781616737559
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Military, Social Science
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (144 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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