Goliath | Sean McFate

The author of Shadow War, a veteran with deep experience—as an 82nd Airborne paratrooper, private contractor, and professor of war studies at the National Defense University—delivers a highly provocative, even controversial, exploration of modern warfare and what we must do to win in the futureThis devastating turmoil has given rise to difficult questions that hold meaning for us today and in the years to come.
What is the future of war? Who and how will people fight? What factors will lead to warfare? How can we survive? If Americans are drawn into major armed conflict, can we win? In this thorough, insightful analysis, Sean McFate—a modern heir to Carl von Clausewitz, author of the classic On War—carefully constructs ten rules for the future of military engagement, explaining how to fight and win in an age of entropy and a global system very different from the past: one where corporations, mercenaries, and rogue states have more power and ‘nation states’ have less.
McFate’s new rules distill the essence of war, describing what it is in the real world, not what we believe or wish it to be:Rule 2: Technology Will Not Save UsRule 4: Hearts and Minds Do Not MatterRule 6: Mercenaries Will ReturnRule 8: There Will Be Wars Without StatesRule 10: Victory is Fungible