Military Strategy of Great Powers: Managing Power Asymmetry and Structural Change in the 21st Century (Cass Military Studies)

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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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1. The diversity of great powers' strategies
	Notes
	Bibliography
2. Exploring great power strategies
	Introduction
	2.1 Change and stability in the post-Cold War international system
		2.1.1 Basic premises of structural realism
		2.1.2 The stability of unipolar systems
	2.2 System stability and great power interaction processes
		2.2.1 Basic premises of power transition theory
		2.2.2 Status competition
		2.2.3 The distribution of power in the present international system
	Notes
	Bibliography
3. Operationalising the dependent variable
	Introduction
	3.1 Alignment strategies of great powers
		3.1.1 Alignment strategies of the unipolar power
		3.1.2 Alignment strategies of secondary great powers
		3.1.3 Exploring the alignment strategy - security environment
	3.2 Military strategies of great powers
		3.2.1 Ends and objectives
		3.2.2 Military means
		3.2.3 Using military force - ways
		3.2.4 Summary - operationalising military strategy
	3.3 Research design
	Notes
	Bibliography
4. The US and the strategy of the unipole
	Introduction
	4.1 Strategic environment
		4.1.1 Actors
		4.1.2 Regions
		4.1.3 Themes
	4.2 Ends
		4.2.1 Values
		4.2.2 Threats
		4.2.3 Needs
		4.2.4 Vulnerabilities
	4.3 Means
		4.3.1 Traditional means
		4.3.2 Enablers
		4.3.3 Nuclear means
		4.3.4 Modern means
	4.4 Ways
		4.4.1 Situation
		4.4.2 Employment
		4.4.3 Behaviour
	4.5 Conclusions - the American strategy
	Notes
	Bibliography
5. The strategies of the contesters
	Introduction
	5.1 The strategy of China
		5.1.1 Strategic environment
		5.1.2 Ends
		5.1.3 Means
		5.1.4 Ways
		5.1.5 Conclusions - the Chinese strategy
	5.2 The strategy of Russia
		5.2.1 Strategic environment
		5.2.2 Ends
		5.2.3 Means
		5.2.4 Ways
		5.2.5 Conclusions: Russian strategy
	5.3 Conclusions: the strategies of the contesters
	Note
	Bibliography
6. The strategies of the conservators
	Introduction
	6.1 The strategy of France
		6.1.1 Strategic environment
		6.1.2 Ends
		6.1.3 Means
		6.1.4 Ways
		6.1.5 Conclusions: French strategy
	6.2 The strategy of the UK
		6.2.1 Strategic environment
		6.2.2 Ends
		6.2.3 Means
		6.2.4 Ways
		6.2.5 Conclusions: British strategy
	6.3 Conclusions: the strategies of the conservators
	Notes
	Bibliography
7. Managing power asymmetry and structural change
	Introduction
	7.1 The alignment strategies of the system-determining states
		7.1.1 Responses to primacy
		7.1.2 Responses to cooperative security and selective engagements
		7.1.3 Conclusions: the diversity of alignment strategies
	7.2 The military strategies of the system-determining states
		7.2.1 Ends
		7.2.2 Means
		7.2.3 Ways
		7.2.4 Conclusions: the diversity of military strategies
	7.3 Stability and change in the international system
	Note
	Bibliography
Index