Strategy in the contemporary world an introduction to strategic studies

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Baylis, John, 1946- editor (editor), Wirtz, James J., 1958- editor, Gray, Colin S., editor
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2016
Edición:5th ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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?