Modern Warfare
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Some moisture damage
Condition remarks: some moisture damage on the frontis; binding slightly shaky; clean text.
At the crossroads of military science and wartime leadership, Modern Warfare stands as one of the most authoritative treatises on twentieth-century combat strategy, written by one of Poland's most celebrated generals and statesmen, Władysław Sikorski. Drawing on his extensive battlefield experience and command during the Polish-Soviet War and the tumultuous campaigns of World War II, Sikorski presents a rigorous and incisive analysis of the evolving nature of armed conflict — from mechanized warfare and air power to the strategic coordination of multinational forces. The work instructs military commanders and civilian readers alike on the doctrines that defined modern total war, grounding abstract theory in hard-won operational reality. Prefaced with a note by General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, the volume carries the imprimatur of the highest Allied military authority, underscoring its relevance and credibility during a pivotal moment in world history. Sikorski's prose is disciplined and precise, reflecting the mind of a commander who understood that the pen and the sword are equally potent instruments of national survival. A vital primary document for students of military history, strategy, and the Second World War, this work poses a question that resonates long after the final page: in an age of industrialized destruction, what truly separates victory from annihilation?
Author: General Władysław Sikorski
Format: Hardback
Published: 1943, Roy Publishers, New York
Genre: Military history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Some moisture damage
Condition remarks: some moisture damage on the frontis; binding slightly shaky; clean text.
At the crossroads of military science and wartime leadership, Modern Warfare stands as one of the most authoritative treatises on twentieth-century combat strategy, written by one of Poland's most celebrated generals and statesmen, Władysław Sikorski. Drawing on his extensive battlefield experience and command during the Polish-Soviet War and the tumultuous campaigns of World War II, Sikorski presents a rigorous and incisive analysis of the evolving nature of armed conflict — from mechanized warfare and air power to the strategic coordination of multinational forces. The work instructs military commanders and civilian readers alike on the doctrines that defined modern total war, grounding abstract theory in hard-won operational reality. Prefaced with a note by General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, the volume carries the imprimatur of the highest Allied military authority, underscoring its relevance and credibility during a pivotal moment in world history. Sikorski's prose is disciplined and precise, reflecting the mind of a commander who understood that the pen and the sword are equally potent instruments of national survival. A vital primary document for students of military history, strategy, and the Second World War, this work poses a question that resonates long after the final page: in an age of industrialized destruction, what truly separates victory from annihilation?