Modern Military Strategy: An Introduction

by Sloan; Elinor

• ISBN13: 9780415777711
• ISBN10: 0415777712
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-04-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The aim of this book is to provide a coherent, integrated introductory textbook on post-Cold War strategic theory for upper-level students seeking an initial understanding of strategic studies. Dramatic changes and developments in the international security environment over the past decade and a half have created the need to examine the ideas of more contemporary strategic thinkers, and to revise the key textbooks of strategic thought. This book will examine modern strategic thought, with a focus on the post-Cold War period. Each chapter will cover a different theme, and the text will centre on the ideas of key strategic thinkers within this functional theme, as well as concepts within the functional theme that are not necessarily associated with a specific thinker.In the post-Cold War and especially post-9/11 period there has been significant and growing interest among students about international security issues, but while works have been published that focus on a particular aspect of military strategy, there is no one volume that provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview and examination of strategic thought in the period since the end of the Cold War. This book aims to fill this key gap in the literature.This book will be essential reading for students of strategic studies, war studies and military history, and highly recommended for students of security studies and IR in general.

Author Biography

Elinor C. Sloan is Associate Professor of International Relations at Carleton University, Ottawa and a former defence analyst with Canada's Department of National Defence. Her previous books include Military Transformation and Modern Warfare (2008), Security and Defence in the Terrorist Era (2005), and The Revolution in Military Affairs (2002).

Table of Contents

List of boxes	p. vi
Introduction	p. 1
Seapower	p. 5
Landpower	p. 19
Airpower	p. 33
Joint theory and military transformation	p. 49
Irregular war: insurgency, counterinsurgency and New War	p. 65
Cyberwar	p. 85
Nuclear power and deterrence	p. 100
Spacepower	p. 117
Conclusion	p. 133
Glossary	p. 136
Bibliography	p. 137
Name index	p. 145
Subject index	p. 147
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