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Strategy in the Contemporary World An Introduction to Strategic Studies

by: Baylis, John; Wirtz, James J.; Cohen, Eliot A.; Gray, Colin S.

Strategy in the Contemporary World An Introduction to Strategic Studies

by: Baylis, John; Wirtz, James J.; Cohen, Eliot A.; Gray, Colin S.

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9780199289783
ISBN 10:
0199289786
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/16/2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Completely revised and updated to address changes that have taken place since 9/11, the second edition of this compelling collection takes a sophisticated look at the role of military power in the contemporary world. In this essential resource, the authors analyze recent conflicts from Afghanistan to the Iraq War, considering the ongoing debates on the lessons that can be learned from these wars. In addition, they examine the controversy surrounding the recent revolution in military affairs--a transformation that has been brought about in response to the phenomenal pace of innovation in electronics and computer systems.

Guided Tour of Learning Features	p. xiv
Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre	p. xvi
Acknowledgements	p. xviii
List of Contributors	p. xix
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xxii
Introduction	p. 1
What is Strategic Studies?	p. 4
Strategic Studies and the Classical Realist Tradition	p. 7
What Criticisms are made of Strategic Studies?	p. 9
What is the Relationship between Strategic Studies and Security Studies?	p. 12
Further Reading	p. 14
Enduring Issues of Strategy	p. 17
The Causes of War and the Conditions of Peace	p. 19
Introduction	p. 20
The Study of War	p. 21
Human Nature Explanations of War	p. 28
Wars 'Within' and 'Beyond' States	p. 35
Conclusion	p. 38
Questions	p. 39
Further Reading	p. 40
The Evolution of Modern Warfare	p. 42
The Napoleonic Legacy	p. 43
The Industrialization of War	p. 48
Naval Warfare	p. 51
Total War	p. 54
Nuclear Weapons and Revolutionary Warfare	p. 59
Postmodern War	p. 61
Questions	p. 63
Further Reading	p. 64
Web Links	p. 65
Strategic Theory	p. 66
Introduction	p. 67
The Logic of Strategy	p. 68
Clausewitz's On War	p. 71
Sun Tzu's Art of War	p. 76
The Enduring Relevance of Strategy	p. 78
Conclusion	p. 80
Questions	p. 80
Further Reading	p. 80
Web Links	p. 81
Strategic Culture	p. 82
Introduction	p. 83
Thinking about Culture and Security	p. 83
Political Culture	p. 84
Strategic Culture and Nuclear Deterrence	p. 85
Sources of Strategic Culture	p. 86
Constructivism and Strategic Culture	p. 89
Continuing Issues and Future Questions	p. 92
Conclusion	p. 98
Questions	p. 99
Web Links	p. 99
Law, Politics, and the Use of Force	p. 101
The Efficacy of International Law	p. 102
Why States Obey the Law	p. 104
International Law and the Use of Force	p. 108
Jus ad Bellum	p. 111
Jus in Bello	p. 115
Conclusion	p. 119
Questions	p. 119
Further Reading	p. 120
Web Links	p. 121
Geography and Strategy	p. 122
Introduction: The Lay of the Land	p. 123
Land Warfare: The Quest for Victory	p. 124
Maritime Strategy	p. 129
Airpower	p. 132
The Final Frontier: Space War	p. 136
War by Other Means: Cyberspace	p. 138
Questions	p. 139
Further Reading	p. 140
Technology and Warfare	p. 141
Technophiles and Technophobes	p. 142
Some Ways of Thinking about Military Technology	p. 142
Mapping Military Technology	p. 146
The Revolution in Military Affairs Debate	p. 148
Challenges of the New Technology	p. 155
The Future of Military Technology	p. 157
Questions	p. 158
Further Reading	p. 159
Contemporary Problems	p. 161
Irregular Warfare: Terrorism and Insurgency	p. 163
Introduction	p. 164
Definitions	p. 164
Subverting the System	p. 167
Protecting the System	p. 176
Bringing the System Down or Thriving on its Margins?	p. 183
Technology	p. 185
Conclusion	p. 186
Questions	p. 187
Further Reading	p. 188
Web Links	p. 190
Strategy for a New World: Combating Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime	p. 192
Introduction	p. 193
The Evolution and Nature of the Threat	p. 194
Strategies to Combat Organized Crime and Terrorism	p. 202
Combating Terrorist Networks	p. 203
Conclusions	p. 206
Questions	p. 207
Further Reading	p. 208
Web Links	p. 208
The Second Nuclear Age: Nuclear Weapons in the Twenty-first Century	p. 209
Introduction	p. 210
The First Nuclear Age	p. 211
Risks in the Second Nuclear Age	p. 214
Adapting to the Second Nuclear Age	p. 220
Conclusion	p. 225
Questions	p. 226
Further Reading	p. 227
Web Links	p. 227
The Control of Weapons of Mass Destruction	p. 228
Introduction	p. 229
Arms Control during the Cold War	p. 230
Arms Control and the 'Long Peace'	p. 233
The Residual Role of Arms Control in the Post-Cold War Era	p. 236
Post-Cold War WMD Proliferation: Strategic Responses	p. 239
Strategic Response in Operation	p. 243
Analysis and Assessment	p. 247
Conclusions	p. 248
Questions	p. 250
Further Reading	p. 250
Web Links	p. 252
Conventional Power and Contemporary Warfare	p. 253
Power and War: A History	p. 254
New World Orders: 1945, 1989, 2001	p. 256
Power and Hyperpower	p. 258
Military Affairs: Revolution and Counter-Revolution	p. 260
Arts of War	p. 263
Military Balances	p. 265
War, What is it good for?	p. 268
Questions	p. 271
Further Reading	p. 271
Web Links	p. 272
Iraq, Afghanistan, and American Military Transformation	p. 274
Introduction	p. 275
Afghanistan and the Transformation Thesis	p. 276
Iraq and the Transformation Thesis	p. 282
An Alternative View	p. 287
Conclusion	p. 291
Questions	p. 292
Further Reading	p. 293
Web Links	p. 294
Homeland Security: A New Strategic Paradigm	p. 295
Introduction	p. 296
A New Threat?	p. 296
Communications and the Frequency of Terror	p. 299
What Should Preparations Look Like: Dealing with the Small-N Problem	p. 301
What is the United States Preparing for?	p. 303
Conclusions	p. 309
Questions	p. 311
Further Reading	p. 311
Web Links	p. 312
Humanitarian Intervention and Peace Operations	p. 313
Introduction	p. 314
From Peacekeeping to Peace Operations	p. 315
Intervention Failures	p. 318
The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention	p. 322
The Military Character of Peace Operations	p. 326
Conclusion: Problems and Prospects	p. 330
Questions	p. 332
Further Reading	p. 333
Web Links	p. 334
The Future of Strategy	p. 335
A New Agenda for Security and Strategy?	p. 337
Introduction	p. 338
The Need for a Conceptual Framework	p. 339
Population: The Demographics of Global Politics	p. 341
Commons Issues	p. 343
Direct Environmental Damage	p. 346
Disease	p. 348
Sensitivity and Vulnerability	p. 352
Conclusion	p. 353
Questions	p. 354
Further Reading	p. 354
Web Links	p. 355
The Future of Strategic Studies	p. 356
The Development of Strategic Studies	p. 357
In and Out of the Cold War	p. 358
The Academic and Policy Worlds	p. 360
The Study of Strategy	p. 363
Realism: Old and New	p. 365
The Study of Armed Force	p. 366
Conclusion	p. 368
Questions	p. 369
Further Reading	p. 369
Notes	p. 371
References	p. 373
Index	p. 385
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