A Quick & Dirty Guide to War

The Tools for Understanding the Global War on Terror, Cyber War, Iraq, the Persian Gulf, China, Afghanistan, the Balkans, East Africa, Colombia, Mexico, and Other Hot Spots

By: James F. Dunnigan, Austin Bay

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 27 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

The first three editions of A Quick and Dirty Guide to War not only provided essential tools for understanding wars and hot spots around the world, they delivered remarkably accurate projections on the outcomes of each conflict. War-game simulation specialists James F. Dunnigan and Austin Bay have revised their highly regarded analyses, bringing up to date not only the many conventional conflicts around the world today but the new battlegrounds that have emerged since the previous edition was published more than a decade ago - the Global War on Terror, counterinsurgency struggles around the world and the latest frontier of modern combat: cyber war. This fourth edition takes up where the last edition left off and analyzes the monumental events that have occurred since 1996 - September 11, the toppling of Saddam Hussein and the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - while guiding listeners through dozens of other significant developments around the globe, including the tinderbox situation with Iran and oil flow through the Persian Gulf; the final disintegration of Yugoslavia; the struggle for regional influence between Brazil, Colombia and Hugo Chvez's Venezuela; Israel's attempts to deal with a fragmented Palestine Liberation Organization; China and India's growing influence in Asia and beyond; ongoing chaos and suffering on the Horn of Africa; Russia's struggle to reassert itself on the world stage; and much more. Dunnigan and Bay present an enormous amount of information in a series of concise, insightful briefings coupled with their shrewd projections of potential outcomes, making A Quick and Dirty Guide to War a thought-provoking reference on the face of war in the 21st century.

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©2008 James F. Dunnigan and Austin Bay (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Informative, but misleading title

I was expecting something more along the lines of Sun Tzu or some sort of West point tactical guide, but instead it was more like "A Quick and Dirty Guide to Geo-Politics over the Last 50 Years". It was well worth reading for the very thorough crash course on world history that it was, but maybe 5-10% of it was even related to war at all.

adopts the bush administration narrative

failed analysis of most cases of war worldwide plus a biased American point of view on wars world wide . reprisal of American policy and allies and lacks objectivism on many matters

Computer voice ?

Interesting subject made nearly unlistenable by narrator/ lack of sound ambition - either use a professional or allow the narrator to use his voice

Interesting but us centric and repetitive,outdated

Interesting but very US centric in a nauseating conceded manner. Quite repetitive amd unfortunately outdated

A quick and dirty review

This is an excellent, albeit abbreviated review of the many conflicts that are ongoing. While some of the information is outdated, it is an essential read, or listen, for anyone who wants to understand why events are unfolding as they are across our world.

Dated but still interesting to look back ten years past

An appealing overview although at times somewhat repetitive.
Narration okay but oscillating from the almost robotic to the verge of theatrical (names in Spanish were read like the announcement of a torero...)