7 Seconds to Die, John Antal
7 Seconds to Die, John Antal
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7 Seconds to Die
A Military Analysis of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War and the Future of Warfighting

Author: John Antal, Alexander Kott

Narrator: Jim Seybert

Unabridged: 6 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/27/2022

Synopsis

The first full analysis of the second Nagorno-Karabakh war—the first war in history won primarily by unmanned systems.

The second Nagorno-Karabakh war—fought between Armenia and Azerbaijan between September 24 and November 10, 2020—was the first war in history won primarily by unmanned systems.

This forty-four-day war resulted in a decisive military victory for Azerbaijan. Armenia was outfought, outnumbered, and outspent and lost even though they controlled the high ground in a mountainous region that favored traditional defense. Azerbaijan's alliance with Turkey, and close technological support from Israel, strategically isolated Armenia. In addition, Turkey's posturing influenced the Russians not to intervene to support Armenia. That Azerbaijan attacked Armenia during the pandemic was an additional factor. The fact that Azerbaijan won the war is not extraordinary, considering the correlation of forces arrayed against Armenia. What is exceptional is that this was the first modern war primarily decided by unmanned weapons. In this war the Turkish-made BAYRAKTAR TB2 Unmanned Air Combat Vehicle (UCAV) and the Israeli-made HAROP Loitering Munition (LM) dominated the fighting and provided Azerbaijan with a war-winning advantage.

About John Antal

John Antal is a soldier, military historian, and leadership expert. He served for thirty years in the US Army as a combat arms officer, senior staff officer, and commander. He has commanded units from platoon level through regiment and served on corps and multinational staffs. In his post-Army career he has become a video game producer and military consultant, as well as the author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles on military and leadership subjects.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael

Anybody who's been following the news for the past couple years or decades knows that we're on the cusp of one of those terrifying revolutions in military affairs, where the hard-won skills of previous generations gets shredded by new technologies, along with the flower of whatever generation has th......more

Goodreads review by Patrick

Meh. An ok summary of the war, albeit lacking in primary documentation. The technology discussion had some useful points, but the capturing of the lessons seemed so generic as to be commonplace.......more

Goodreads review by Daniel

A "book" about a war I vaguely heard about but knew nothing about. It does go through the short conflict with concise detail and for that alone it's worth reading but it is not truly about this conflict this is a brief designed to pull and extrapolate facts and lessons from this conflict for use in......more

Goodreads review by Brian

This book expertly merges the historical account of the second Nagorno-Karabakh war with lessons learned and predictions of future warfare. Serious military practitioners should read this timely book.......more

Goodreads review by Paul

Fascinating book for those who enjoy the history of warfare and/or future planning. Being a former Army officer, I was well aware of the Nagorno-Karabakh region as its CGSC’s main area of operations for several planning exercises. This book, however, provides exceptional history and analysis of the......more

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