fighting against “faceless enemies” waging asymmentrical wars across the globe.” The book offers an in-depth insight into how KDF responded to the violation of Kenya’s sovereignity through employing both the BOOK REVIEW OPERATION LINDA NCHI An insight into the art of modern warfare Kenya Defence Forces Publisher: Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB) Number of pages: 304 Year of publication: 2014 REVIEWER: SGT (REV) ELIJAH ONYANGO STANDSLAUSE ODHIAMBO Kenya Military Academy (KMA), Ministry of State for Defence (MOSD) and Dept. of Peace and Conflict Studies (PCS) Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology The Operation Linda Nchi conducted by Kenya Defence Force (KDF) in 2011 resonates as one of the landmarks in the fight against global terrorism. Advocates of the statist approach to war would applaud this event. They argue that terrorist acts by Al-Shabab constitute acts of war since they violate domestic and international law. The cosmopolitan approach in addressing terrorism subscribes to the view that terrorism is a criminal act that requires a multilateral and multifaceted approach within the tenets of International Law. Operation Linda Nchi is documented in a 16 chapter book that is described as “a systematic and holistic account of the KDF operation in Somalia starting from the entry into Somalia on 14 October 2011 up to the rehatting of Kenyan troops to be part of the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).” This book, the first one of its kind in Kenya, not only provides a clear account of how KDF carried out its war in Somalia, but also provides detailed perspectives into the art of modern warfare. It resonates well with the current times and provides “valuable and unique lessons for world militaries