Strategy in the contemporary world : an introduction to strategic studies

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1 Introduction: Strategy in the Contemporary World
	Introduction
	What is Strategic Studies?
	Strategic Studies and the Classical Realist Tradition
	What Criticisms are Made of Strategic Studies?
	What is the Relationship between Strategic Studies and Security Studies?
Part I Enduring Issues of Strategy
	2 The History of the Practice of Strategy from Antiquity to Napoleon
		Introduction: Definitions of Strategy
		Antiquity
		The West European Middle Ages
		Early Modern Europe
		From the American War of Independence to the Napoleonic Wars
		Conclusion
	3 The Evolution of Modern Warfare
		Introduction
		The Napoleonic Legacy
		The Industrialization of War
		Naval Warfare
		Total War
		Nuclear Weapons and Revolutionary Warfare
		Conclusion: Postmodern War
	4 Strategic Theory
		Introduction
		The Logic of Strategy
		Clausewitz’s On War
		Sun Tzu and Mao
		Conclusion
	5 The Causes of War and the Conditions of Peace
		Introduction
		The Study of War
		Human Nature Explanations of War
		Wars ‘Within’ and ‘Beyond’ States
		Conclusion
	6 Strategic Culture
		Introduction
		Thinking about Culture and Strategy
		Sources of Strategic Culture
		Constructivism and Strategic Culture
		Continuing Issues: Change or Continuity?
		Delineating Non-State, State, and Multistate Strategic Cultures
		Strategic Culture and Weapons of Mass Destruction
		Conclusion
	7 Law, Politics, and the Use of Force
		Introduction: The Efficacy of International Law
		Why States Obey the Law
		International Law and the Use of Force
		Jus ad Bellum
		Jus in Bello
		Conclusion
	8 Technology and Warfare
		Introduction: Technophiles and Technophobes
		Some Ways of Thinking about Military Technology
		Mapping Military Technology
		The Revolution in Military Affairs Debate
		Asymmetric Challenges
		Challenges of the New Technology
		Conclusion: The Future of Military Technology
	9 Intelligence and Strategy
		Introduction
		What is Intelligence?
		Intelligence as Enabler of US Strategy
		Strategic Surprise: Causes and Correctives
		Intelligence Performance Since Major 9/11 Reforms
		Managing the Information Domain
		Conclusion
	10 Strategy and Defence Planning
		Introduction
		Strategy, Politics, and Defence Planning
		Problems with the Future
		Approaches to Defence Planning
		Guidance for Defence Planning
		Conclusion
Part II Contemporary Problems
	11 Irregular Warfare: Terrorism and Insurgency
		Introduction
		Subverting the System: The Theory and Practice of Irregular Warfare
		Defending the System: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Theory and Practice
		Irregular Warfare Now and in the Future
		Conclusion
	12 The Second Nuclear Age: Nuclear Weapons in the Twenty-First Century
		Introduction
		The First Nuclear Age
		Risks in the Second Nuclear Age
		Adapting to the Second Nuclear Age
		Conclusion: Looking Towards the Third Nuclear Age?
		Deterrence in Changing Political and Technological Circumstances
	13 The Control of Weapons of Mass Destruction
		Introduction
		Arms Control during the Cold War
		The Residual Role of Arms Control in the Post-Cold War Era
		From Arms Control to Counterproliferation
		The Challenges of Counterproliferation
		The Diplomatic Option: Military Responses Withheld?
		Does Arms Control Have a Future?
		Conclusion
	14 Conventional Power and Contemporary Warfare
		Introduction: Power and War—A History
		New World Orders: 1945, 1989, 2001
		Power and Hyperpower
		Military Affairs: Revolution and Counter-Revolution
		Arts of War
		Military Balances
		World on the Scales
		War, What is it Good For?
		Conclusion
	15 Geography and Strategy
		Introduction: The Lie of the Land
		Land Warfare: The Quest for Victory
		Maritime Strategy
		Air Power
		The Final Frontier: Space War
		War by Other Means: Cyberspace
		Conclusion
	16 Humanitarian Intervention and Peace Operations
		Introduction
		The Changing Face of Peacekeeping
		The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention
		The Military Character of Peace Operations
		Conclusion: Problems and Prospects
	17 The Rise of Cyberpower
		Introduction
		Terms and Definitions
		Cyberspace, Cyberpower, and the Infosphere
		A New Dimension for Conflict
		A Twenty-First-Century Revolution in Military Affairs?
		Conclusion
	18 Geopolitics and Grand Strategy
		Introduction
		The Second World War, the Cold War, and the Development of Grand Strategy
		Geopolitics and Grand Strategy Today
		Grand Strategy in a Complex World
		Rethinking Geopolitics
		Conclusion
Part III The Future of Strategy
	19 Strategic Studies: The West and the Rest
		Introduction
		‘Strategy and Ethnocentrism’ Revisited
		Strategic Studies During the Cold War
		The Changing Nature of Conflict
		Non-Military Threats
		Strategic Studies and the Global Power Shift
		Strategic Culture and Grand Strategy Debates in China and India
		Conclusion: Strategic Studies and Global International Relations
	20 Strategic Studies and its Critics
		Introduction
		Strategy and its Critics in the ‘Golden Age’
		Strategic Studies Strikes Back
		Critical Approaches to Strategic Studies
		A Continuing Debate?
		Conclusion
	21 A New Agenda for Security and Strategy?
		Introduction
		The Need for a Conceptual Framework
		Population: The Demographics of Global Politics
		Commons Issues
		Direct Environmental Damage
		Disease
		Sensitivities and Vulnerabilities
		Conclusion
	22 The Practice of Strategy
		Introduction: Strategic Expertise
		Improving a Strategic Education
		The General Theory of Strategy
		A Call for Consummate (Re)Assessing
		Conclusion
	23 Does Strategic Studies Have a Future?
		Introduction: The Development of Strategic Studies
		In and Out of the Cold War
		Strategy and the Crisis in Social Science
		The Academic and Policy Worlds
		Realism: Old and New
		The Study of Armed Force
		Conclusion: Does Strategic Studies Have a Future?
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