- Mike Martin, author of 'How to Fight a War' is an expert on the subject as he was an army officer and experienced war. Apart from this book published in 2023, Mike Martin has written other books related to war.

War stories are said to be beautiful, but the fact is that war itself is not beautiful. War brings innumerable hardships, casualties, loss and frequent pain. Humankind has been fighting wars for hundreds of years, despite the obvious harm that war causes. Peace requires tireless efforts, war does not require reasons. A small spark can ignite a terrible fire of war. Mankind has never lacked reasons for war. In addition to political, religious, economic, social reasons, land, jewels, sea, mountains, rivers also became reasons for war.

Wars break out between countries for common reasons, but winning a war requires an unusual strategy. During a war, everything from sustaining the morale of the troops to delivering the goods proved to be crucial in the outcome of the war. Deshdaaz, apart from the political agenda, affects many things for Soldiers. High-ranking military officers incite soldiers to do-or-death combat by repeatedly instilling fear of imminent death upon the soldiers. Rewards given to soldiers are also used by politicians to win wars in many cases.

Similar discussions of wars and armies have been done in 'How to Fight a War' with examples and arguments. As a former military officer, author Mike Martin has first-hand experience of the tactics used in war. He teaches War Studies at King's College London and mentors research-students conducting research on war. He writes articles and gives speeches by doing deep research on topics like politics, wars, conflicts and geography. There are advocates for preventing wars around the world and trying to make the general public aware of how wars often hurt local people.

The Book 'How to Fight a War' was born out of his experiences in his military career. This is the third book by Mike Martin, who served for many years in the British Army. In 2017, the first book 'An Intimate War: An Oral History of the Helmand Conflict' was published. In it, Mike Martin talked about the ongoing bloody conflict in Afghanistan's Helmand province. Mike Martin, who was stationed in Afghanistan for years, saw the dire situation in Helmand province firsthand. The book depicted how the condition of the people living in that province has changed over the centuries due to the decades-long war in Afghanistan. In addition to the gleanings of experience, military perspectives, political ambitions and research findings were also cited.

In 2021, the book 'Why We Fight', presenting the philosophy of war, was published and became a bestseller in Britain and America. What did Afghanistan get after America withdrew its troops from Afghanistan? What does the world gain from war? What things do mankind learn in war? Are lessons learned or are wars fought and forgotten? The book tried to answer these questions. The book strongly argued that Britain-Russia-US made Afghanistan a military base for decades, but did their problem get solved? So what was the meaning of that struggle? Author Mike Martin, who insists that such wars have no meaning except to establish political dominance, has written things that make you think about war in the book 'How to Fight a War' published this year.

Mike Martin writes: 'Wars are not fought with cannons, tanks, missiles, warships, fighter planes. Small matters of soldiers are also managed. The purpose of the politicians is not to facilitate the soldiers, but to make the army fight with its life. That is to say, care is taken to ensure that even the inner garments of the soldiers are to their liking. The information that soldiers' families are skilled is also often conveyed. Leaders commission special PR agencies to spice up the soldiers' exploits and publicize them in the media. Because the citizens of the country have a unique respect for the soldiers engaged in the war. Authorities are eager to divert this respect to themselves. Knowing that war is a very complex activity and no one is going to benefit from it, the authorities create an atmosphere of fear in the minds of the citizens that without this war, the country will be destroyed! Once the war starts, no one else is thought of, not the army, not the country, not the economy. The idea of ​​non-retreat remains central to the very cause that started the war. Most wars are born out of politicians' egos. Civilians never want war.'

About the techniques used to maintain the morale of the soldiers, it is written in the book: 'Soldiers are given as much comfort as possible. Deshdaaz is properly kneaded in them. When the army is deployed in a country like Afghanistan, if the local people are victimized in it, it is consumed as inevitable collateral damage. The soldiers are made to understand that there will be no peace for the masses without the sacrifice of a few innocent people. If the soldiers get emotional when ordered to kill even though they don't know the soldiers of the enemy army and have no vendetta against them, they are taught a lesson that it is their fate, we have to do our job. Soldiers are strongly told that if you don't kill them, they will kill you. High military officers instigate do-or-die by showing the fear of the situation where the soldiers are in constant danger of death. War is not fought only with weapons, many factors including politics, certain ideology, society, glorious history of the country, family, emotions, patriotism are used to fight the war.

This book of 272 pages has been in the list of best sellers in Europe and America since its launch in March-2023. The theme of the book is: The greatest victory is that which does not require war...