"Understanding Modern Warfare" is the authoritative introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts, and context crucial to understanding the theory and conduct of warfare in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is a valuable text for military professionals and students of military history. Key features include: incisive treatments of debates on contemporary and future warfare; accessible yet sophisticated discussions of land, sea, and air environments; and attention to contemporary issues such as drones, cyberwarfare, and hybrid warfare. The book makes extensive use of text boxes to explain key concepts and provides extensive references to examples. It includes annotated guides to further reading and key questions to stimulate the reader's reflection. This second edition has been completely revised and updated to reflect emerging debates and recent events in Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine, and has also been reorganized to further enhance its usability as a teaching tool. Intertaal delivers this learning resource reliably and expeditiously.