Urban Operations: War, Crime, and Conflict

“This informative book could not be more timely…this volume addresses…the complex challenges seen today in Ukraine, Haiti, Venezuela, Gaza, and in places that will feature in tomorrow’s headlines.” — Brian M. Jenkins, Senior Adviser to the President of the RAND Corporation “Urban Operations: War, Crime, and Conflict is essential reading for academics, policy makers, and security professionals alike.” — Sean Costigan, PhD, Professor, Transnational Security Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies “Required reading for all those interested in understanding the dominant military environment of the twenty-first century!” — Louis A. DiMarco, PhD, Professor, Department of Military History, USA Command and Staff College “A most timely and valuable repository of knowledge about urban warfare.” — Vanda Felbab-Brown, PhD, Director, Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors; Co-Director, Africa Security Initiative; Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy; The Brookings Institution“This is a must read for professionals and all those interested in the modern face of war.” — Professor Michael A. Hennessy, PhD, Head, Defence Studies, Canadian Forces [Higher Command] College Urban Operations: War, Crime, and Conflict, John P. Sullivan, Nathan P. Jones, and Daniel Weisz Argomedo, Editors. This volume, Urban Operations: War, Crime, and Conflict started as a special issue on Urban Security at the Journal of Strategic Security, Vol. 16, No., 3 (2023). It brings together new contributions from top scholars and practitioners to augment the content of the special issue and provide a comprehensive look at modern and historic urban security operations. It is difficult to imagine a timelier contribution to the academic and practitioner literature on urban security. Global news has been rife with urban security issues, with the top headlines covering the Gaza war in response to the Hamas terrorist attack of October 7th and Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which in its initial phase tried and failed to take the urban center Kyiv. The world's leading experts in urban warfare, urban security, and urban operations generously share their experiences and insights with readers in this unique anthology. Urban Operations explores key events shaping our understanding of urban security and provide valuable strategic lessons to better prepare for the growing threat of conflict in urban areas. This volume seeks to compile cases of urban warfare throughout different regions and decades to expose the ever-increasing trends of urban conflict and expose the complexities of urban combat in an increasingly urbanized world. It also provides lessons learned and makes theoretical contributions in areas such as urban warfare, urban conflict and non-state actors, emergency response to urban terror, artificial intelligence (AI) and data processing, and urban security. Visit the book's website for more details on the editors and contributors, along with an active blog linking insights from the book to today's headlines: www.urbanoperationsbook.com. Published by KeyPoint Press, Boulder, Colorado. KeyPoint Press, publishing possibilities. Boulder, Colorado www.keypointpress.com/contact