Strategic studies : a reader
2008
Book
Total copies: 4
Main title:
Strategic studies : a reader / edited by Thomas G. Mahnken and Joseph A. Maiolo.
Imprint:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Collation:
ix, 450 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
General introduction -- Part 1. The uses of strategic theory: Introduction ; 1. Strategy as a science / Bernard Brodie ; 2. Strategic studies and the problem of power / Lawrence Freedman ; What is a military lesson? / William C. Fuller, Jr. -- Part 2. Interpretation of the classics: Introduction ; 4. "The Art of War" / Sun Tzu ; 5. Strategy: the indirect approach / Basil Lidell Hart ; 6. Arms and influence / Thomas C. Schelling -- Part 3. Instruments of war: land, sea, and air power: Introduction ; 7. J. F. C. Fuller's theory of mechanized warfare / Brian Holden Reid ; 8. Some principles of maritime strategy / Julian Corbett ; 9. Air power and the origins of deterrence theory before 1939 / R. J. Overy ; 10. Kosovo and the great air power debate / Daniel L. Byman and Matthew C. Waxman -- Part 4. Nuclear strategy: Introduction ; 11. The absolute weapon / Bernard Brodie ; 12. The delicate balance of terror / Albert Wohlstetter -- Part 5. Irregular warfare and small wars: Introduction ; 13. Science of guerrilla warfare / T. E. Lawrence ; 14. Problems of strategy in China's civil war / Mao Tse Tung ; 15. Counterinsurgency warfare: theory and practice / David Galula ; 16. Why big nations lose small wars: the politics of asymmetric conflict / Andrew Mack ; 17. Countering global insurgency / David J. Kilcullen ; 18. Strategic terrorism: the framework and its fallacies / Peter R. Neumann and M. L. R. Smith -- Part 6. Future warfare, future strategy: Introduction ; 19. Cavalry to computer: the pattern of military revolutions / Andrew F. Krepinevich / 20. From Kadesh to Kandahar: military theory and the future of war / Michael Evans ; 21. Why strategy is difficult / Colin S. Gray ; 22. The 'war on terror' in historical perspective / Adam Roberts ; 23. The lost meaning of strategy / Hew Strachan.
ISBN:
9780203928462 (e book)0203928466 (e book)9780415772211 (hardback)0415772214 (hardback)9780415772228 (pbk)0415772222 (pbk)
Dewey class:
355.02
LC class:
U162U162 STR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
20953