An Overview of

The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder by Sean McFate is a noteworthy polemic that gives insight into the changing face of warfare. He analyses the past, present, and potential future conflicts and comes up with a model of how warfare has evolved. In his words, the destruction and misery that war brings are always the same. In this way, war is timeless.

This Overview has been written with the students of Military History in mind. The entire book has been covered in the form of a brief and important points have been elaborated in the form of short notes, which the students will find very helpful.