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European History and work as an intelligence officer, the author is unable to pull it together into a coherent work.
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Galeotti follows up with an updated edition, or a collaboration, that more fully explores the nature of modern conflict by recognising the role of conventional warfare.
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Russian invasion of Ukraine and geo-political trends in East Asia point to the continuing
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Galeotti illustrates it with well-chosen examples.
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