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Maria Perera

The Shell Game

Maria Perera

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English
Maria Perera
06 March 2026
Military history; Military & defence law; Military engineering
Modern warfare is no longer decided only by weapons, tactics, or battlefield brilliance. It is decided by something far less visible: industrial capacity.

For decades, Western defense strategy has been built on the assumption that technological superiority and economic strength guarantee military dominance. But the wars of the 21st century are revealing a different reality. Behind every missile fired, every drone launched, and every artillery barrage lies a mathematical constraint: the rate at which industrial systems can produce what war consumes.

In The Shell Game, Maria Perera examines the hidden mechanics of modern conflict. Drawing on open-source defense data, production statistics, supply chain analysis, and economic modeling, the book exposes a growing gap between the consumption of military systems in high-intensity warfare and the ability of modern industrial economies to replace them.

The result is a structural vulnerability few strategists openly acknowledge.

This book explores:

- The industrial mathematics that determine whether wars can be sustained

- Why Western defense industries struggle to scale production during conflict

- The supply chain dependencies hidden inside modern weapons systems

- The rise of drone warfare and asymmetric manufacturing

- The limits of rapid wartime mobilization in modern economies

- How industrial organization is reshaping the balance of global military power

As global tensions rise and conflicts grow more technologically complex, the ability to sustain military operations may prove more decisive than battlefield victories themselves.

The Shell Game argues that the future of warfare will be shaped not only by armies and strategies, but by factories, engineers, supply chains, and the political systems that govern them.

In the 21st century, the true battlefield may be industrial.
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Imprint:   Maria Perera
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 7mm
Weight:   136g
ISBN:   9798233373121
Pages:   110
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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