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The first comprehensive account of all aspects of modern strategy since the Cold War ended, Modern Strategy explains how strategic reasoning makes sense of the great complexity of war on land, at sea, in the air, in space, and even in cyberspace. Essential reading for anyone interested in modern strategy and security studies, this unique book shows how strategy works in all geographical environments and with all kinds of weapons.

Colin Gray is Professor of International Politics and Director of the Centre for Security Studies at the University of Hull. He is the author of numerous books on strategy, including The Navy in the Post-Cold War World: The Uses and Value of Strategic Sea (1994), Explorations in Strategy (2nd edn, 1998), and The Second Nuclear Age (forthcoming 1999).

Introduction: The Expanding Universe of Strategy

1

(15)

The Dimensions of Strategy

16

(32)

Strategy, Politics, Ethics

48

(27)

The Strategist's Toolkit: The Legacy of Clausewitz

75

(38)

The Poverty of Modern Strategic Thought

113

(16)

Strategic Culture as Context

129

(23)

Windows on War

152

(23)

Patterns in Strategic Experience

175

(31)

The Grammar of Strategy, I: Terrestrial Action

206

(22)

The Grammar of Strategy, II: Altitude and Electrons

228

(45)

Small Wars and Other Savage Violence

273

(24)

Second Thoughts on Nuclear Weapons

297

(22)

Nuclear Weapons in Strategic History

319

(35)

Strategy Eternal

354

(11)

References

365

(36)

Index

401

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Modern Strategy

Modern Strategy

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