Understanding Land Warfare provides a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates associated with modern land warfare. The book is a thematic, debate-driven analysis of what makes land warfare unique; how it interacts with the other environments; the key concepts that shape how it is executed; the trade-offs associated with its prosecution; and the controversies that continue to surround its focus and development. Understanding Land Warfare contains several key themes: a. the difficulty of conducting land warfare; b. the interplay between change and continuity; c. the growing importance of co-operation; and d. the variety of ways in which land warfare is fought; the competing theoretical debates; the tensions and trade-offs. -- Publisher description.

Introduction: understanding land warfare ---- Part I. The Development of Land Warfare. 1. Land Warfare in Theory --- 2. The Development of Modern Land Warfare --- 3. Modern Tactics --- 4. Modern Operational Art and the Operational Level of War --- 5. Land Warfare: Context and Variation ---- Part II. What is Victory? 6. Counterinsurgency Operations --- 7. Peace and Stability Operations --- 8. Peace and Stability Operations: Challenges and Debates ---- Part III. Future Land Warfare. 9. The Future of Warfare on Land --- 10. The Paradigm Army ---- Conclusion.