Review of “Fighting Identity: Sacred War and World Change”

By Dr. J. Peter Pham

In this volume, Dr. Vlahos gives a book-length treatment to the theses he raised in his much-debated essay for Military Review two years ago in which he examines how military societies adapt, both to broader change within their national cultures and to the cultural dimensions of new enemies and operational environments. “Fighting Identity is not an easy read, much less a very comfortable one, least of all for American policy-makers. However, the issues that Vlahos grapples with, including why non-state actors and their way of war is so effective…are the questions of the moment.”

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