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Kilcullen's expertise has been honed through a distinguished career in which he has worked as an advisor to various governments and international organisations, offering critical perspectives on contemporary conflict and security challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eOut of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla\u003c\/strong\u003e, Kilcullen explores the increasing relevance of urban environments in modern warfare, shedding light on how population growth and rapid urbanisation are reshaping the battlegrounds of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One\u003c\/strong\u003e provides an in-depth examination of the complexities inherent in local conflicts that become entangled in larger geopolitical struggles. With clarity and insight, Kilcullen articulates the strategic missteps often made in these high-stakes scenarios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dragons and the Snakes\u003c\/strong\u003e delves into the evolving nature of warfare, analysing how traditional military powers adapt and transform in response to unconventional threats. This book offers a compelling analysis of the shifting dynamics in global security.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a student of military history or a reader interested in the intricacies of modern warfare, David Kilcullen's books offer a valuable resource for understanding the challenges and strategies that define contemporary conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"out-of-the-mountains-the-coming-age-of-the-urban-guerrilla-by-david-kilcullen-9781922070678","title":"Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his third book, David Kilcullen takes us \u003cem\u003eout of the mountains\u003c\/em\u003e—away from the remote, rural guerrilla warfare of Afghanistan, and into the marginalised slums and complex security threats of the world's coastal cities, where almost 75 per cent of us will be living by mid-century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eScrutinising major trends—population growth, coastal urbanisation, and increasing digital connectivity—he projects a future of feral cities, urban systems under stress, as well as greater overlaps between crime and war, internal and external threats, and the real and virtual worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInformed by Kilcullen's own fieldwork in the Caribbean, Somalia, Afghanistan, and India, and that of his field-research team in cities in Central America and Africa, \u003cem\u003eOut of the Mountains\u003c\/em\u003e presents detailed, on-the-ground accounts of the new faces of modern conflict—from the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, to transnational drug networks, local street gangs, and the uprisings of the Arab Spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeeply researched and compellingly argued, it is an invaluable roadmap to the future and its potential dangers. \"David Kilcullen brilliantly illuminates a coming dystopian urban world, part \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/em\u003e and part \u003cem\u003eMinority Report.\u003c\/em\u003e He cogently argues that we must rapidly find a way to build our own security networks to prepare for the coming age of the urban guerrillas.\" Admiral James Stavridis, former supreme allied commander at NATO.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46337787003116,"sku":"9781922070678","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9117903482872.jpg?v=1743718867"},{"product_id":"the-dragons-and-the-snakes-by-david-kilcullen-9781925849158","title":"The Dragons and the Snakes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first work to put forward a unified theory of how state and non-state threats now overlap and intersect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1993, a newly appointed CIA director warned that Western powers might have \"slain a large dragon\" with the fall of the USSR, but now faced a \"bewildering variety of poisonous snakes.\" Since then, the dragons (state enemies such as Russia and China) and snakes (terrorist and guerrilla organisations) have watched the US struggle in Iraq and Afghanistan, and have mastered new methods in response—hybrid and urban warfare, political manipulation, and harnessing digital technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeading soldier-scholar David Kilcullen reveals what the West's opponents have learned from twenty-first-century conflict, and explains how their cutting-edge tactics and adaptability pose a serious threat to America and its allies, disabling the West's military advantage. State and non-state threats have increasingly come to resemble each other, he argues, with states adopting non-state techniques and non-state actors now able to access levels of precision and lethal weapon systems once only available to governments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dragons and the Snakes\u003c\/em\u003e is a compelling, counterintuitive look at the new, vastly complex global arena. Kilcullen reshapes our understanding of the West's foes, and shows how it can respond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'David Kilcullen has produced another thoughtful, important book. At a time when some believe that the return of competition with great powers (i.e. dragons) might serve as an emotional cathartic to help forget the long war against jihadist terrorist organisations (i.e. snakes), the author exposes and transcends that false choice. His ideas about how to fight for peace in a dangerous world should be read and discussed not only by diplomats, defence officials, and military officers, but also by citizens concerned about securing a better future for their children.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n—H.R. McMaster, retired US Army Lt-General, and author of \u003cem\u003eDereliction of Duty\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBattlegrounds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Disturbingly brilliant. David Kilcullen, ever the thoughtful observer of wars and the people who wage them, captures the changes in warfare that already confound—and threaten to overwhelm us. He correctly shows that we are mentally and physically unprepared for the new nature of conflict, and will likely pay dearly for it.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n—Stanley McChrystal, retired US Army General, and partner at McChrystal Group\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Once again David Kilcullen succeeds in demonstrating how our adversaries are adapting faster than we are to the experiences of the recent past. Timely advice for defence strategists on how to apply those lessons, and to plan for the next conflict, not the last.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n—Professor Sir David Omand, former UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46337809318124,"sku":"9781925849158","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781925849158.jpg?v=1743722492"},{"product_id":"the-accidental-guerrilla-fighting-small-wars-in-the-midst-of-a-big-one-by-david-kilcullen-9781921372537","title":"The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Kilcullen is the world's foremost expert on this way of war, and in \u003cem\u003eThe Accidental Guerrilla\u003c\/em\u003e, the senior counterinsurgency advisor to the Pentagon and architect of 'the Surge', surveys war as it is actually fought in the contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColouring his account with gripping battlefield experiences that range from the jungles and highlands of South and Southeast Asia to the mountains of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and to the dusty towns of the Middle East and the horn of Africa, this book will change the way we think about war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is based on extensive fieldwork in the world's most dangerous places and examines how terrorists exploit traditional societies, exploring the backlash created by external military intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46338542469356,"sku":"9781921372537","price":44.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2136493482872.jpg?v=1743734329"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/david-kilcullen.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}