Strategic studies a reader

The second edition of Strategic Studies: A Reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors to the field. This revised volume contains several new essays and updated introductions to each section. The volume comprises hard-to-find classics in the field as wel...

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Other Authors: Mahnken, Thomas G. 1965- (Editor), Maiolo, Joseph A. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Routledge [2014]
Edition:Second edition
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505 0 |a pt.I. The uses of strategic theory -- Strategic studies and the problem of power -- What is a military lesson? -- Why strategy is difficult -- pt.II. Interpretation of the classics -- Who is afraid of Carl von Clausewitz?: a guide to the perplexed -- "The art of war" -- Strategy: the indirect approach -- Arms and influence -- pt.III. Instruments of war, intelligence and deception -- Some principles of maritime strategy -- Kosovo and the great air power debate -- What's wrong with the intelligence process? -- Deception and intelligence failure: Anglo-German preparation for U-boat warfare in the 1930s -- pt.IV. Nuclear strategy -- The absolute weapon -- The delicate balance of terror -- Attacking the atom: does bombing nuclear facilities affect proliferation? -- pt.V. Irregular warfare and small wars -- Science of guerrilla warfare -- Problems of strategy in China's civil war -- Strategic terrorism: the framework and its fallacies -- Hybrid warfare and challenge -- pt.IV. Future warfare, future strategy -- Weapons: the growth and spread of the precision-strike regime -- The revolution in military affairs with Chinese characteristics -- Iron cannot fight: the role of technology in current Russian military theory -- From Kadesh to Kandahar: military theory and the future of war -- Cyber war will not take place -- The lost meaning of strategy 
520 |a The second edition of Strategic Studies: A Reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors to the field. This revised volume contains several new essays and updated introductions to each section. The volume comprises hard-to-find classics in the field as well as the latest scholarship. The aim is to provide students with a wide-ranging survey of the key issues in strategic studies, and to provide an introduction to the main ideas and themes in the field. The book contains six extensive sections, each of which is prefaced by a short introductory essay: The Uses of Strategic Theory Interpretation of the Classics Instruments of War, Intelligence and Deception Nuclear Strategy Irregular Warfare and Small Wars Future Warfare, Future Strategy Overall, this volume strikes a balance between theoretical works, which seek to discover generalisations about the nature of modern strategy, and case studies, which attempt to ground the study of strategy in the realities of modern war. This new edition will be essential reading for all students of strategic studies, security studies, military history and war studies, as well as for professional military college students 
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