# The Utility of Force

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- Book: [The Utility of Force](https://www.bookquiver.com/rupert-smith/the-utility-of-force) ([The Utility of Force.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/rupert-smith/the-utility-of-force.md))
- Authors: [Rupert Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/rupert-smith)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0727-811-1
- Pages: 448
- Published: 2008-02-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

From a highly decorated general, a brilliant new way of understanding war and its role in the twenty-first century. Drawing on his vast experience as a commander during the first Gulf War, and in Bosnia,...