{"product_id":"140339","title":"George Friedman's The Future of War ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jYGWrj1J4Tjo88OpZH2K3DLgtiheh.png?v=1765128207\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e George Friedman's The Future of War \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-color:;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003ctbody style=\"border:0px\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"center\" style=\"line-height:1.2em;text-align:center;font-size:18px;color:black;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/goods\/152322363\/XL\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;{split_style6}padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e Description \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eA classic of military science written by the greatest geopolitician of his time\u003cbr\u003e The era of great war is coming again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thirty years ago, the world could not have imagined a war between great powers.\u003cbr\u003e But now that world is coming.\u003cbr\u003e This is not a story from somewhere in the distant Middle East, or somewhere along the Russian border in Europe.\u003cbr\u003e The cruel reality of war is looming right before our eyes.\u003cbr\u003e China is unwilling to tolerate a situation where the hegemonic United States can intercept its warships and merchant vessels transiting the Western Pacific at any time, and it feels it has the capacity to defy US control.\u003cbr\u003e The United States fears that China will seize control of Taiwan and use Taiwan as a base to control the South China Sea and the entire Western Pacific. \u003cbr\u003eWhen the vital interests of two great powers collide, the likelihood of war breaking out increases in one way or another.\u003cbr\u003e Imagine what would happen if the United States and China clashed over dominance in the Western Pacific.\u003cbr\u003e What will happen if Korea is engulfed in that war, or worse, if it becomes a stage for it? What must we do now to prevent such a situation? \"The Future of War,\" written by George Friedman, the foremost geopolitician of our time and often called the Nostradamus of the 21st century, has been republished to provide crucial insights and predictions for this debate.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Preface to the Korean edition\u003cbr\u003e introduction\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Why the 21st Century is the American Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 1: Weapons and Strategy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 01 David's Sling: The Rise and Fall of Weapons\u003cbr\u003e The Rise and Fall of Great European Weapons Systems  \u003cbr\u003eNew power, new way of war\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: War and the Crisis of Vision\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 02 Soldiers and Scientists: The Origins of America's Military Failures\u003cbr\u003e The rise of technicians\u003cbr\u003e The Atomic Bomb: The Physicist as Warrior\u003cbr\u003e A soldier falls in love with a scientist\u003cbr\u003e Operational Research and Imperial Scientists\u003cbr\u003e The Fall of Scientist Strategists\u003cbr\u003e conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 03 False Dawn: The Nuclear Failure\u003cbr\u003e The incredible strangeness of nuclear weapons\u003cbr\u003e Nuclear weapons and strategic bombing\u003cbr\u003e How Nuclear Weapons Became Inappropriate\u003cbr\u003e Use and misuse of nuclear weapons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 04 Fundamental Principles of U.S. Grand Strategy: U.S. Strategy and the Sea\u003cbr\u003e The Formation of U.S. Maritime Strategy\u003cbr\u003e Old strategy, new geopolitics\u003cbr\u003e From strategy to operations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 2: The Obsolescence of European Weapons\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 1: Ground War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 05 From Gunpowder to Oil: The Glory of the Tank\u003cbr\u003e The problem with guns\u003cbr\u003e Gunpowder Meets Oil: The Origins of Armored Warfare\u003cbr\u003e The Golden Age of Tanks 175\u003cbr\u003e Snake Meets Mongoose: Tanks and Anti-Tank Missiles\u003cbr\u003e Weird Science: Keeping the Tank Running\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 06 Detection of obsolescence\u003cbr\u003e Nowhere to Hide: Sensors and Tanks  \u003cbr\u003ePlatforms and Computers: Data Collection and Utilization\u003cbr\u003e If price is no object: The Tank's fight for survival\u003cbr\u003e Obsolescence: The End of Armored Warfare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 2: Naval Battle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The rise and fall of 07 inclusion\u003cbr\u003e Origin of inclusion\u003cbr\u003e Battleship as a reductio ad absurdum\u003cbr\u003e After the Fall: Surface Warfare After the Battleship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 08 Aircraft carrier as a midwife\u003cbr\u003e Between Ages: The Rise and Fall of the Aircraft Carrier\u003cbr\u003e Aegis: Precision-Guided Missiles Against Carrier Strike Groups\u003cbr\u003e Aegis and Naval Warfare After the Aircraft Carrier Era\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 3 Air Battle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 09 First thoughts on air power\u003cbr\u003e Aircraft as a fighter\u003cbr\u003e The First Attempt: The Battle of Britain and the British Response\u003cbr\u003e The Holy Grail: America's Quest for Precision\u003cbr\u003e From Incendiary Bombs to Atomic Bombs: Japan's Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10 Failures Revisited: The Vietnam War and the Failure of Air Power\u003cbr\u003e Easy Victory: The Promise of Airpower in the Vietnam War\u003cbr\u003e Blind Man's Bluff: War Without Doctrine\u003cbr\u003e Sudden Dawn: The Emergence of Precision-Guided Bombs\u003cbr\u003e What hit me? - First thoughts on the failure of air power\u003cbr\u003e There must be a better way: thinking about reform.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e11 A New Paradigm of War: Operation Desert Storm and the Future of Air Warfare\u003cbr\u003e Clausewitz of Air Warfare: Colonel Warden's Thoughts on Precision\u003cbr\u003e The Air Force's Action and Iraq's Defeat\u003cbr\u003e Keeping Aircraft Alive: Helicopters and Stealth Planes\u003cbr\u003e Precision-guided weapons and victory\u003cbr\u003e Tomahawk: Cruising with Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Gulf War as a Transition to the Future\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12 Endgame: The Obsolescence of Manned Aircraft\u003cbr\u003e Agility and Invisibility: The Struggle for Survival 379\u003cbr\u003e From Invisibility to Loss of Consciousness: Stealth Warfare and G-LOC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 3: Space and Precision\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 13 A New Foundation for American Strategy: Space and Modern American Strategy\u003cbr\u003e U-2 and Sputnik: The Origins of Space-Based Reconnaissance\u003cbr\u003e The Digital Revolution in Space and War\u003cbr\u003e Lacrosse Game: Radar Footage\u003cbr\u003e Electronic Information and Signal Intelligence: Eavesdropping\u003cbr\u003e Fortune-telling: The Data Crisis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 14 Space and the Future of American Strategy\u003cbr\u003e Why Space? Intercontinental Hypersonics\u003cbr\u003e Invisible Order: The Topography of the Universe  \u003cbr\u003eFrom 'Star Wars' to 'Our War': First Thoughts on Space War\u003cbr\u003e Track and Destroy: Space as a War Zone\u003cbr\u003e War of the Worlds\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: From Surveillance to Launch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 15 Return of the Bloody Infantry\u003cbr\u003e Infantry and the Sensor\/Data Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 21st century killing techniques\u003cbr\u003e Beyond total war\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Eternal Dilemma: Control and Use of the Seas in the American Era\u003cbr\u003e Precision-Guided Weapons and the Sea: A Grand Strategy Crisis\u003cbr\u003e The Power of the Oceans and the End of the Aircraft Carrier Era\u003cbr\u003e Projection of power at a turning point\u003cbr\u003e Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e NOTES\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eA classic of military science written by the greatest geopolitician of his time\u003cbr\u003e The era of great war is coming again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thirty years ago, the world could not have imagined a war between great powers.\u003cbr\u003e But now that world is coming.\u003cbr\u003e This is not a story from somewhere in the distant Middle East, or somewhere along the Russian border in Europe.\u003cbr\u003e The cruel reality of war is looming right before our eyes. \u003cbr\u003eChina is unwilling to tolerate a situation where the hegemonic United States can intercept its warships and merchant vessels transiting the Western Pacific at any time, and it feels it has the capacity to defy US control.\u003cbr\u003e The United States fears that China will seize control of Taiwan and use Taiwan as a base to control the South China Sea and the entire Western Pacific.\u003cbr\u003e When the vital interests of two great powers collide, the likelihood of war breaking out increases in one way or another.\u003cbr\u003e Imagine what would happen if the United States and China clashed over dominance in the Western Pacific. \u003cbr\u003eWhat will happen if Korea is engulfed in that war, or worse, if it becomes a stage for it? What must we do now to prevent such a situation? \"The Future of War,\" written by George Friedman, the foremost geopolitician of our time and often called the Nostradamus of the 21st century, has been republished to provide crucial insights and predictions for this debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It's hard to believe that George Friedman's The Future of War was written 30 years ago, as many of the analyses and predictions it makes are remarkably consistent with today's military realities.\u003cbr\u003e His analysis and insights into weapons systems and past wars are profound.\u003cbr\u003e This book is about the weapons systems and doctrines that have shaped warfare for thousands of years, and about world hegemony based on geopolitics and weapons systems. \u003cbr\u003eThis book is about what happens on the battlefield when weapon systems collide with weapon systems and doctrines collide with doctrines.\u003cbr\u003e This book is dominated by the insight that the problems with weapons systems and doctrines that emerged in the David-Goliath confrontation over 3,000 years ago continue to this day, as hypersonic missiles soar across battlefields.\u003cbr\u003e In every war, victory or defeat depends largely on weapon systems and doctrine.\u003cbr\u003e So the US won the Pacific War against Japan, lost the Vietnam War, had a stunning success in Operation Desert Storm, and struggled in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u003cbr\u003e And this is what is happening on the battlefields of Ukraine today, and this is what will happen in the Taiwan Strait in the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e George Friedman says the decisive weapons systems that will dominate the battlefield of the future lie not on land, sea, or air, but in space. \u003cbr\u003eIn the age of precision-guided weapons, space is emerging as a new battlefield.\u003cbr\u003e The nation that dominates precision-guided weapons technology and space will dominate the battlefields of the future.\u003cbr\u003e The essence of ballistic weapons is inaccuracy, and so they inevitably lead to mass mobilization, mass production, and total war. The essence of precision-guided weapons is precision, and so the scope of war is limited to the military realm.\u003cbr\u003e Precision-guided weapons are the most American of weapons.\u003cbr\u003e The United States, which always had to project power over long distances, sought a qualitative advantage to deal with enemies with a numerical advantage, and one of the ways to do so was to increase the accuracy of strikes.\u003cbr\u003e The evolution of precision-guided weapons is now moving towards long-range hypersonic weapons.\u003cbr\u003e For these weapons systems to locate, track, and strike targets at intercontinental ranges, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems must be located in space. \u003cbr\u003eWe also need to be in space to stop such weapons.\u003cbr\u003e Ultimately, the battlefield of the future will be space, and wars will be fought between space platforms.\u003cbr\u003e The nation that dominates space will become the hegemon of the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e Whether the United States can deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan and what the outcome of a war in Taiwan will be may depend on the confrontation between the United States and China in space weapons systems and doctrines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis is the beginning of the American era, not the end.\u003cbr\u003e The nation that rules the universe rules the seas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In his book, Sea Power: The Influence of History 1660-1783, American Admiral Alfred Mahan said that a nation's prosperity and hegemony come from its ability to dominate the sea, not the land.\u003cbr\u003e Following his words, the great powers began to build up their naval power, and the result was a victory for the United States, which had the strongest naval power. \u003cbr\u003eSince World War II, the United States has been unchallenged on all the world's oceans, and sea power has been the true foundation of American hegemony. Sea power encompasses not only naval power but also geographic conditions and industrial capabilities.\u003cbr\u003e The geographic advantage of being located between two oceans not only protects the United States from the great powers of Eurasia, but also allows the United States to project its power quickly.\u003cbr\u003e The geopolitical advantage of being the sole great power in North America allows the United States to focus on naval power while the great powers of Eurasia must expend resources and energy on land forces to counter each other.\u003cbr\u003e America's hegemony in the 21st century will also depend on its control of the seas.\u003cbr\u003e But in the 21st century, dominance over the seas will be decided not in the sea or the air, but in space, says George Friedman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe most powerful challenge to America's maritime dominance today comes from China in the Western Pacific.\u003cbr\u003e The confrontation between the United States and China over control of the Western Pacific will determine hegemony in the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e China is testing its power in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, and a clash between the United States and China is expected in the near future.\u003cbr\u003e What would happen if a conflict were to occur? Which weapons systems would dominate the battlefield, and which doctrine would determine the outcome? Will the United States maintain its dominance in the Western Pacific? Since World War II, aircraft carriers have been the cornerstone and symbol of American naval power.\u003cbr\u003e Like David's sling, aircraft carriers gained an advantage over battleships with their superior firepower through their range advantage.\u003cbr\u003e And the most powerful aircraft carrier became the supreme ruler. \u003cbr\u003eNo country could compete with the United States in terms of aircraft carriers.\u003cbr\u003e But today, the accuracy and long range of precision-guided weapons are turning aircraft carriers into Goliaths.\u003cbr\u003e Now, China's missile capabilities are beginning to significantly pressure US forces in the Western Pacific.\u003cbr\u003e It is becoming increasingly difficult to guarantee that any Aegis system will be able to withstand a saturation attack from China's missiles.\u003cbr\u003e Is the answer more missiles, longer-range missiles, or more intelligent precision-guided weapons? How will the United States maintain control of the Western Pacific against China's massive missile and drone forces? Perhaps American control of the seas will depend on more efficient and lethal weapons systems that can challenge China's missile forces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e George Friedman says the key lies in space. \u003cbr\u003eRather than destroying the opponent's hypersonic weapon itself, it blinds the opponent and renders it useless.\u003cbr\u003e During the Cold War, the United States had already pursued the Star Wars program against the Soviet Union, and its strategic legacy continues.\u003cbr\u003e Operation Desert Storm in 1991 is considered the first space war.\u003cbr\u003e The United States has a significant advantage over China and Russia in satellite navigation, space reconnaissance, and communications satellite capabilities.\u003cbr\u003e Including commercial satellites like Starlink, the US has more than 70% of all satellites in space.\u003cbr\u003e Furthermore, the United States established the Space Force in 2019 and has been strengthening its space warfare capabilities.\u003cbr\u003e George Friedman says that in the 21st century, the United States will be able to monitor and control the world's oceans through space platforms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Dialectics of Innovation and Obsolescence in Weapon Systems\u003cbr\u003e The battle between David and Goliath continues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe history of war is a history of innovation and obsolescence of weapon systems.\u003cbr\u003e New weapons systems rarely attract attention the moment they are introduced.\u003cbr\u003e It was the same with guns, tanks, airplanes, and aircraft carriers.\u003cbr\u003e But even if it doesn't happen right away, it will eventually change the outcome of the war.\u003cbr\u003e All weapon systems, no matter how innovative they may have been at one time, undergo a process of obsolescence over time.\u003cbr\u003e It still functions, but there comes a point where the cost of keeping it functioning outweighs its benefits.\u003cbr\u003e As weapon systems enter the process of obsolescence, inefficiencies in resource allocation arise, which in turn weakens overall military power.\u003cbr\u003e Eventually, new and innovative weapon systems emerge, rendering existing weapons obsolete or replacing them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe ancient Palestinians, masters of metallurgy, surrounded Goliath and his army with iron equipment, making them invincible.\u003cbr\u003e Since strengthening defensive capabilities was the secret to victory, iron armor and shields became increasingly thicker and heavier.\u003cbr\u003e On the other hand, the killing power has barely changed or has rather weakened.\u003cbr\u003e In the end, the powerful but clumsy Goliath was defeated by the Hebrew David, who used a sling, a long-range weapon system with a range advantage.\u003cbr\u003e All subsequent weapon systems have gone through this process of obsolescence.\u003cbr\u003e There was a time when cavalrymen in iron armor dominated the battlefield, and then firearms replaced them.\u003cbr\u003e The rifle became the machine gun, and the tank appeared to neutralize the machine gun.\u003cbr\u003e The battlefield became a tank-versus-tank showdown.\u003cbr\u003e Tanks became increasingly equipped with more protection, heavier, and more expensive. \u003cbr\u003eAir power emerged and bombs could be delivered over longer distances.\u003cbr\u003e The battlefield became a battle between aircraft and aircraft, and aircraft became more sophisticated and expensive than ever before to survive.\u003cbr\u003e Meanwhile, at sea, battleships dominated the battlefield.\u003cbr\u003e Battleships became larger and heavier as larger ships were more advantageous.\u003cbr\u003e Eventually, World War II led to aircraft carriers becoming the mainstay of naval power.\u003cbr\u003e The range of battleship guns could not match that of aircraft.\u003cbr\u003e And once again, aircraft carriers began spending enormous amounts of money to protect themselves from enemy submarines and aircraft.\u003cbr\u003e With the advent of precision-guided weapons, aircraft carrier defense systems have become increasingly sophisticated and complex, but they are also exposed to more lethal threats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Whether it's a tank on the ground, a bomber in the air, or an aircraft carrier at sea, the essence is the same.\u003cbr\u003e A weapon platform that allows you to attack enemies from outside their range. \u003cbr\u003eThe problem is that precision-guided weapons have emerged to increase the accuracy of such attacks, putting the platform itself at risk.\u003cbr\u003e Expensive platforms are reaching the end of their obsolescence as they come within range of enemy precision-guided weapons. Weapon systems do not disappear when they become obsolete, nor are they entirely replaced by newer systems.\u003cbr\u003e However, it is not a factor that determines the outcome of the war.\u003cbr\u003e The competitor to precision-guided weapons is counter-precision-guided weapons.\u003cbr\u003e To survive enemy air defenses, precision-guided weapons are becoming increasingly longer-range and faster.\u003cbr\u003e Today, missiles capable of traveling intercontinental distances at hypersonic speeds exceeding Mach 5 are being deployed on the battlefield. \u003cbr\u003eThese long-range hypersonic projectiles require target detection and guidance, navigation, and communications support from space systems to be effective.\u003cbr\u003e However, long-range hypersonic precision-guided missiles are subject to surveillance by hostile space systems and could eventually be intercepted.\u003cbr\u003e At that time, a battle between space platforms will unfold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Pearl Harbor Attack, the Vietnam War, and the Taiwan War\u003cbr\u003e How Doctrine Determines the Outcome of War\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The ancient Palestinians had no need to change their doctrine based on heavily armed infantry because they could make armor better and cheaper than anyone else.\u003cbr\u003e The Hebrews, who had poor economic power, could not defeat the Palestinians by fighting them in the same way.\u003cbr\u003e Eventually, they adopted the mobility of light infantry, almost unarmed like David, and the low-cost, long-range weapon system of the slingshot. \u003cbr\u003eThe superiority of this mobile warfare doctrine based on light infantry was later demonstrated again in the confrontation between King Saul and David's armies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Despite possessing overwhelmingly superior firepower, the United States lost the war against North Vietnam.\u003cbr\u003e George Friedman's analysis of the Vietnam War is one of the most important parts of this book.\u003cbr\u003e Because the Vietnam War could be today's Ukraine War or tomorrow's Taiwan Strait War.\u003cbr\u003e The North Vietnamese army, like David, knew that they could not defeat the Americans using traditional methods.\u003cbr\u003e They dragged the US military into an endless war of attrition based on the doctrines of guerrilla warfare, distributed maneuver warfare, and political and psychological warfare.\u003cbr\u003e On the other hand, the US military started the Vietnam War with a wrong doctrine from the beginning.\u003cbr\u003e The threat of destroying North Vietnamese society and economy through strategic bombing alone was not enough to stop intervention in South Vietnam. \u003cbr\u003eBombing rural areas of North Vietnam was pointless, and full-scale strategic bombing could not be undertaken without risking war with the Soviet Union or China.\u003cbr\u003e The US military could neither isolate South Vietnam from North Vietnam nor destroy North Vietnam's substantial supply bases across the border.\u003cbr\u003e The only way out of the war of attrition was to completely block the Ho Chi Minh Trail and force the North Vietnamese into an all-out war, but the United States deemed such a risk not worth taking and ultimately chose to lose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The U.S. Navy, which lost most of its main battleships in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, achieved victory six months later by destroying the Japanese main fleet at Midway.\u003cbr\u003e This battle changed the course of the Pacific War. \u003cbr\u003eThe Japanese Navy achieved victory by launching a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor as a deliberate \"decisive battle\" in accordance with Mahan's teachings, but suffered a decisive defeat at the Battle of Midway.\u003cbr\u003e After the defeat at Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy quickly shifted from a battleship-centered doctrine to an aircraft carrier-centered doctrine, granting autonomy to individual fleets, enabling rapid responses to unpredictable naval battle situations.\u003cbr\u003e As a result, the US Navy was able to sink all of Japan's aircraft carrier forces, which had maintained a centralized control system, in the Battle of Midway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In today's Ukraine-Russia war, contrary to everyone's expectations, the Russian army, with its superior military power, is showing itself to be struggling considerably.\u003cbr\u003e Early in the war, Russia's massive tank force was quickly defeated by Ukrainian infantry armed with hand-held guided weapons such as Javelin and drones. \u003cbr\u003eUkrainian infantrymen armed with cheap drones resemble David in some ways.\u003cbr\u003e If China were to invade Taiwan, what weapons systems and doctrine would the Taiwanese military, overwhelmingly inferior in terms of manpower and firepower, employ to counter the Chinese People's Liberation Army? How would the Taiwanese military be able to thwart a Chinese landing and maintain resistance until the US military intervenes in earnest? Ultimately, the outcome of the war will be determined not by mere troop numbers and firepower, but by weapon systems and doctrines that exploit the enemy's weaknesses and maximize one's own advantages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhy Nuclear Weapons Haven't Become War-Ending Weapons\u003cbr\u003e Nuclear weapons as a false dawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When nuclear weapons first appeared, there were predictions that their incredible power would eliminate war from human history.\u003cbr\u003e But the prediction that nuclear weapons would make war obsolete was completely wrong. \u003cbr\u003eThe war continues and is not being deterred by nuclear weapons.\u003cbr\u003e Vietnam has not hesitated to engage in armed conflict with nuclear powers such as the United States and China, the United States has waged military operations against Iraq twice, and India and Pakistan, both nuclear powers, have engaged in war since 1999 and again recently.\u003cbr\u003e Today, Ukraine is waging war against the nuclear power Russia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e George Friedman says the reason nuclear weapons haven't been used in 80 years is because they're simply useless.\u003cbr\u003e All weapons must be linked to strategy, and all strategies must be linked to politics, but there was no connection whatsoever between nuclear weapons and politics.\u003cbr\u003e Nuclear-weapon states have not used nuclear weapons against other nuclear-weapon states, let alone non-nuclear-weapon states.\u003cbr\u003e Nuclear powers have been willing to endure inconclusive or even defeat in wars without resorting to nuclear weapons. \u003cbr\u003eThe United States accepted an inconclusive outcome in the Korean War and a defeat in the Vietnam War.\u003cbr\u003e France and the Soviet Union also suffered similar defeats in Indochina and Afghanistan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e George Friedman predicted that the dominant role played by nuclear weapons in strategic planning and the structure of the international system would decline dramatically.\u003cbr\u003e I believe that possession of nuclear weapons will not determine the outcome of a war, and that becoming a nuclear power will not change one's international status or influence.\u003cbr\u003e Nuclear weapons will serve as a deterrent against other nations' nuclear weapons and as a virtual guarantee of the nation's own existence, but nuclear power will be of only secondary political and military significance.\u003cbr\u003e He argued that from the US perspective, what was far more important than nuclear power was the evolution of \"real military power,\" that is, conventional military power. \u003cbr\u003eIn particular, naval warfare is more important than any other form of conventional warfare, because America's national security depends on control of the seas.\u003cbr\u003e If we follow his views on nuclear weapons, China will not be deterred from invading Taiwan simply because of the possibility of nuclear war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe geography of space as the ultimate battlefield\u003cbr\u003e Space warfare will be more similar to naval warfare than to aerial warfare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hypersonic missiles are emerging as game changers on the battlefield.\u003cbr\u003e We need to be in space both to launch hypersonic missiles and to stop them.\u003cbr\u003e The global operational range of hypersonic missiles makes global intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance the only reasonable option.\u003cbr\u003e And because ground-based interceptors have limited range and must contend with gravity, space-based interceptors in low-orbit or geostationary orbit will be the most effective means of interception. \u003cbr\u003eGeorge Friedman says the most effective way to neutralize a hypersonic missile is to blind it before it is launched.\u003cbr\u003e It is to destroy or disrupt the global sensor system that identifies and guides targets to them.\u003cbr\u003e In the age of hypersonic guided weapons, the best defense will be an attack on enemy space sensors.\u003cbr\u003e The inevitable shift from manned bombers to hypersonic missiles will have the unintended consequence of space warfare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What does space mean in military terms? George Friedman's insights into space clearly demonstrate his status as a world-renowned military expert.\u003cbr\u003e He says that there is a very real order in the universe that is not perceptible to the naked eye. \u003cbr\u003eSpace is a place of strategic chokepoints, gateways, and wastelands, and the universe surrounding Earth has a topography as diverse and powerful as Earth itself.\u003cbr\u003e This geography gives structure to war in space, in the same way that geography gives structure to war on earth.\u003cbr\u003e In particular, note that the Earth is part of a two-planet system that revolves around the Sun.\u003cbr\u003e The moon rotates exactly once for every orbit it makes around the Earth, so the same side always faces the Earth.\u003cbr\u003e The Earth, on the other hand, rotates once every 24 hours.\u003cbr\u003e This means that one side of the Moon is always visible from Earth, half of the Earth faces the Moon at any given time, and all of the Earth faces the Moon every day.\u003cbr\u003e This places Earth at a clear military disadvantage. \u003cbr\u003eMoreover, due to the difference in gravity, launching a weapon from the Moon to Earth would require significantly less energy than launching a weapon from Earth to the Moon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e George Friedman believes that, contrary to popular belief, space warfare will be much more similar to naval warfare than to air or land warfare.\u003cbr\u003e In air combat, aircraft must return to base regularly and spend most of their time on the ground rather than in the air, whereas spaceships are similar to naval vessels in that naval ships operate away from shore installations for significant periods of time. \u003cbr\u003eAircraft are free from the constraints of terrain, other than those imposed by gravity and aerodynamic principles, but the sea and space, however vast and featureless they may seem, have characteristics imposed by physical and economic geography, and these characteristics shape the patterns of naval operations, just as they shape the patterns of space operations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Return of Infantry as a Weapon Platform\u003cbr\u003e What the Combination of Precision-Guided Weapons and Infantry Means\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the Ukraine war, people were amazed by the power of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), but what really deserves more attention is the potential of infantry as a weapon platform, armed with portable, precision-guided weapons like drones.\u003cbr\u003e Infantry, the individual warrior, is the most basic and oldest weapon platform on the battlefield.\u003cbr\u003e The David itself was a weapons platform providing mobility, target acquisition, and fire control. \u003cbr\u003eHis weapon was a slingshot and his bullets were pebbles.\u003cbr\u003e As humans encountered more advanced weaponry, their power was multiplied, but with the advent of more powerful and mobile platforms such as tanks, aircraft, and battleships, their function was reduced to that of a standalone weapon platform.\u003cbr\u003e George Friedman predicts that in future wars of the 21st century, infantry will once again emerge as the main force on the battlefield.\u003cbr\u003e Infantry equipped with portable precision-guided weapons and communication systems will be the most stealthy, yet powerful force with great mobility and firepower.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when the most concealed unit on the battlefield gains the lethality of cutting-edge weaponry? What happens when devastating firepower is concentrated in the hands of individual soldiers, who are harder to kill than tanks? What happens when revolutions in weaponry, sensors, and battle management are applied to infantry? What happens when infantry becomes a human weapon system, engaging the enemy at close range, commanding terrain, and operating in close coordination with weapon systems scattered around the globe?\u003cbr\u003e The future of infantry weapons is already visible in portable anti-tank weapons such as the Javelin and new guided mortars currently in use.\u003cbr\u003e The Javelin can be fired by a single infantryman and can also be 'fire and forget' as it guides itself to the point focused by the infantryman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Warheads and rockets will continue to become smaller and more portable. \u003cbr\u003eInfantry will see their surroundings through their own sensors and other sensors, and the data will be collected, analyzed, and fused by their own computers and displayed on their own screens.\u003cbr\u003e The helmet's laser scanner will identify the target, and a computer will use the sighting system to locate the target and direct the missile launch.\u003cbr\u003e Ultimately, future wars will be led by super soldiers, or “super infantry,” equipped with multispectral sensors, super-fast computers, intelligent weapons, and exoskeletons that enhance their physical capabilities many times over.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe advent of long-range hypersonic weapons and the age of space warfare.\u003cbr\u003e Is South Korea prepared to face an enemy with space power?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The core of China's anti-access\/area denial strategy is to use long-range missile power to block U.S. carrier strike groups from entering Chinese waters, generally within the First Island Chain, or to render them inoperable if they do enter. \u003cbr\u003eChina's missile capabilities are estimated to have ranges ranging from 1,500 km to 4,000 km and speeds ranging from Mach 5 to Mach 10.\u003cbr\u003e The area within 2,500 km of the Chinese coast, that is, up to the vicinity of the Second Island Chain, is considered a real danger zone, and Guam, which is about 3,000 km away, will also be included in the strike target.\u003cbr\u003e If China were to invade Taiwan, would US forces be able to enter the operational area within a limited timeframe and prevent a Chinese landing on Taiwan? And how would they establish and maintain a supply network if the war were to drag on?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As one might expect, the US carrier battle group appears like a heavily armed, blunted Goliath, while China's hypersonic missiles appear like David's slingshot.\u003cbr\u003e The fight between David and Goliath ended in David's victory.\u003cbr\u003e In the Vietnam War, the Goliath US army was defeated by the asymmetric tactics of the North Vietnamese army, which was David. \u003cbr\u003eWill the US military follow Goliath's fate in the coming war in Taiwan?\u003cbr\u003e However, the reason Goliath was defeated by David was not only because of the long-range weapon system called the sling.\u003cbr\u003e Goliath had another option.\u003cbr\u003e Goliath should have recognized the potential dangers of his enemy's slingshots and maneuvers.\u003cbr\u003e We should have equipped ourselves with adequate shield units and forced the enemy into close combat.\u003cbr\u003e At least you should have chosen a place with a terrain feature rather than an open area.\u003cbr\u003e No war is won or lost solely on the basis of a specific weapon system.\u003cbr\u003e The key is to prepare for all potential threats and find a combination of weapons systems and doctrines that exploit your opponent's weaknesses and leverage your own to your advantage.\u003cbr\u003e George Friedman's book suggests that the key lies not on land or in the sea, but in space.\u003cbr\u003e It says that we must destroy the enemy's space-based systems to blind them. \u003cbr\u003eAsymmetric weapons and asymmetric strategies are countered with other asymmetric weapons and asymmetric strategies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is South Korea prepared to face potential space-powered adversaries? In his preface to the Korean edition, George Friedman argues that hypersonic intercontinental missiles capable of speeds exceeding Mach 10 will soon appear, and at that time, the stationing of US troops on the Korean Peninsula will no longer be a critical issue, and the South Korean military will no longer be what it is today.\u003cbr\u003e The war will begin with an attack on space platforms, and if they are not destroyed first, they will be virtually defenseless against enemy attacks.\u003cbr\u003e He also pointed out that in the age of hypersonic precision-guided weapons, nuclear weapons would become highly vulnerable to surprise attacks.\u003cbr\u003e The United States holds the world's leading position in space-based power.\u003cbr\u003e It has an overwhelming advantage over its competitors in terms of scale and technological level. \u003cbr\u003eIn the age of space warfare, South Korea's alliance with the United States will become increasingly important.\u003cbr\u003e There is perhaps no saying more urgent for us today than the ancient Roman adage, \"If you want peace, prepare for war.\"\u003cbr\u003e And you'll find important insights into what to prepare for and how to prepare in George Friedman's The Future of War. \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e GOODS SPECIFICS \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDate of issue:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePage count, weight, size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 583 pages | 850g | 153*224*30mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9788989566915\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8989566916 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43894309814314,"sku":"140339","price":37.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/2750\/5962\/files\/7520fcbdc954867c29826019b10536de.jpg?v=1765430929","url":"https:\/\/librairie.coreenne.fr\/en\/products\/140339","provider":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}