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The Art Of Hybrid War
The Art Of Hybrid War is a beautifully bound philosophy on the changed face of conflict - from the manipulation of the will of the people, disinformation campaigns, and voter suppression to cyber weapons and big data. Crafted into a short doctrine, The Art Of Hybrid War takes its inspiration from research on Sun-Tzu's ancient Chinese text, Soviet-era military papers, and NATO's Capstone Concept, to provide a point of reference and understanding in a world which very often defies logic.
148 pages, Paperback
Published April 30, 2018
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September 2, 2018
J.J.Patrick deserves our respect as a police whistleblower who blew the whistle on falsified police crime statistics, and as happens to many whistleblowers, felt he couldn't remain in post after this. He is now an independent free-lance investigator with a main interest in the way that Putin's Russia wages hybrid war against "the West".
For some time he has been issuing warnings to whoever wishes to listen that a newly autocratic and nationalist Russia under Vladimir Putin has outfoxed Europeans and Americans for some time with digital interventions, fake news, blackmail and bribes, keeping the use of real military force to a minimum.
The Art of Hybrid Warfare is intended as a modern rewrite of the Sun Tzu (over 2500 year old!) Chinese classic on military strategy called The Art of War.
Using this text to look at what Putin's Russia is doing is not as strange as it looks when you know that Sun Tzu's text was used by Mao Zedong to gain the upper hand in the Chinese civil war, and therefore was likely known to students at Russia's KGB.
This book is worth reading, but is in sticking to the original text with some modern variations a bit hard to read to the modern reader. I suspect that JJ Patricks latest work "Alternative War" is more concise.
For some time he has been issuing warnings to whoever wishes to listen that a newly autocratic and nationalist Russia under Vladimir Putin has outfoxed Europeans and Americans for some time with digital interventions, fake news, blackmail and bribes, keeping the use of real military force to a minimum.
The Art of Hybrid Warfare is intended as a modern rewrite of the Sun Tzu (over 2500 year old!) Chinese classic on military strategy called The Art of War.
Using this text to look at what Putin's Russia is doing is not as strange as it looks when you know that Sun Tzu's text was used by Mao Zedong to gain the upper hand in the Chinese civil war, and therefore was likely known to students at Russia's KGB.
This book is worth reading, but is in sticking to the original text with some modern variations a bit hard to read to the modern reader. I suspect that JJ Patricks latest work "Alternative War" is more concise.
January 17, 2022
Really difficult to read but some good insights and I appreciate the creativity of trying it.
It feels like a lot of repetition rather than deeply insightful and quotable bits like Art of War has, so for me, going for a different style would have been more effective.
I'm looking forward to reading Alternative War for a more coherent, easy to digest style with more facts and examples to back up the ideas.
It feels like a lot of repetition rather than deeply insightful and quotable bits like Art of War has, so for me, going for a different style would have been more effective.
I'm looking forward to reading Alternative War for a more coherent, easy to digest style with more facts and examples to back up the ideas.
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