A review by bob_muller
The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World by Rupert Smith

5.0

Anyone who thinks they understand what it means to deploy military force in today's world, and who hasn't read this book, will greatly change that understanding when they read it. Smith makes very clear, through historical analysis and using his personal deployment history (which is huge) what military force can and can't do, and why. It makes nonsense of most of what American, European, and international deployments, 10 years after the publication of the book, are theoretically trying to achieve.