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02584aam a2200337 i 4500 001 82ACB06A6DF511ECB33FF4E951ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220105010041 008 210604s2021 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021026998 020 $a 1108931413 020 $a 9781108931410 020 $a 1108837646 020 $a 9781108837644 035 $a (OCoLC)1245656471 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a U21.2 W395 2021 100 1 $a Weiss, Geoffrey F, $d 1969- $e author. 245 14 $a The new art of war : $b the origins, theory, and future of conflict / $c Colonel Geoffrey F. Weiss, [National Military Command Center, The Pentagon]. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a xxiii, 446 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "The introduction explains why we should study war. As for how to do this, we turn to Alexander the Great's mentor, Aristotle, who in Posterior Analytics, asserts that understanding something's nature requires that we identify its cause or "why." In Physics and Metaphysics, he says that this "why" can be expressed as four "causes:" (1) "material" (substance); (2) "formal" (appearance); (3) "efficient" (source); and (4) "final" (purpose). For example, a statue's material cause is bronze; its formal cause is the shape; its efficient cause is the artisan and her technique; and its final cause is the satisfaction inspired by the work of art. The "why" of a statue, therefore, is be-"cause" the artisan (efficient) molded it from bronze (material) into a shape (formal) that elicits admiration (final).2 Applying this technique to war yields a material cause (the "stuff" of war), war's physical components; formal cause (war's form), force arrangement and interactions informed by tactics and doctrine; efficient cause (generally, humanity; specifically, warriors), the author of war within whom dwells the will to fight; and lastly, a final cause (the war's purpose), what war seeks to achieve"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a War. 650 0 $a Military art and science. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Weiss, Geoffrey F, 1969- $t New art of war $d Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 $z 9781108946902 $w (DLC) 2021026999 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231103012930.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=82ACB06A6DF511ECB33FF4E951ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search