Strategy in the contemporary world : an introduction to strategic studies
John Baylis; James J Wirtz; Colin S Gray2016
Book
A complete introduction to strategy in the contemporary world, which explores the enduring, present and emerging issues dominating strategic debate.
Main title:
Strategy in the contemporary world : an introduction to strategic studies / edited by John Baylis, James J. Wirtz, Colin S. Gray.
Edition:
5th ed.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016
Collation:
xxiii : 429 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Notes:
Part I: Enduring issues of strategy --1. The history of the practice of strategy from antiquity to Napoleon --2. The evolution of modern warfare --3. Strategic theory --4. The causes of war and the conditions of peace --5. Strategic culture --6. Law, politics, and the use of force --7. Technology and warfare --8. Intelligence and strategy --9. Strategy and defence planning --Part II: Contemporary problems --10. Irregular warfare: terrorism and insurgency --11. The second nuclear age: nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century --12. The control of weapons of mass destruction --13. Conventional power and contemporary warfare --14. Theory and practice of continental warfare --15. Humanitarian intervention and peace operations --16. The rise of cyberpower --17. Geopolitics and grand strategy --Part III: The future of strategy --18. Strategic studies and its critics --19. A new agenda for security and strategy? --20. The practice of strategy --21. Does strategic studies have a future?
ISBN:
9780198708919
Language:
English
BRN:
129693