Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The death of the dream of peace, 1945-1953 -- Wars of decolonization, 1947-1975 -- America's war in Vietnam, 1964-1975 -- From the Sinai to Port Stanley, 1967-1982 -- Cold war denouement, 1979-1993 -- The New World disorder, 1991-1999 -- The war in Afghanistan, 2001-2021 -- The Iraq war, 2003-2011 -- Appendix A: Security incidents in Iraq, January 2004-August 2008 -- Appendix B: Headquarters, multi-national force, Baghdad, Iraq, 15 July 2008 -- Appendix C: Anaconda strategy versus al-Qaeda in Iraq, September 2008 -- Appendix D: The battle of Sadr city, March-April 2008 -- Vladimir Putin's existential war against Ukraine, 2022- -- The wars of the future.…”