Strategy in the Contemporary World An Introduction to Strategic Studies

by Baylis, John; Wirtz, James J.; Gray, Colin S.

• ISBN13: 9780199548873
• ISBN10: 0199548870
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The most comprehensive analysis of strategic studies available, Strategy in the Contemporary World, Third Edition, reflects upon recent events and assesses the role of military power in the contemporary world. Taking a functional approach and looking at issues from both times of war and of peace, editors John Baylis, James J. Wirtz, and Colin S. Gray analyze the conflicts themselves--as well as what can be learned from them. This new edition covers topics such as intelligence and strategy, strategic studies and its critics, as well as strategy in practice, providing a comprehensive and insightful collection of contributions from a team of leading experts in the field. FEATURES * Provides a more comprehensive analysis of strategic studies than any other text in its market * Brings together contributions from international experts * Incorporates excellent learning features throughout, including readers' guides, key points, questions, suggestions for further reading, and boxes * Accompanied by a comprehensive Companion Website (www.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199548873) with case studies, weblinks, PowerPoint lecture slides, and a (password-protected) Test Bank of multiple choice questions NEW TO THIS EDITION * Expanded coverage of key issues such as intelligence, critics of strategic studies, and strategy in practice * New chapters on intelligence and strategy, strategic studies and its critics, and the practice of strategy * New case studies for the online resource centre, including a case on the 2006 war in Lebanon and a case on the Gaza conflict

Table of Contents

Introduction

Enduring Issues of Strategy

The Causes of War and the Conditions of Peace

The Evolution of Modern Warfare

Strategic Theory

Strategic Culture

Law, Politics and the Use of Force

Geography and Strategy

Technology and Warfare

Intelligence and Strategy

Contemporary Problems

Irregular Warfare: Terrorism and Insurgency

The Second Nuclear Age: Nuclear Weapons in the Twenty-First Century

The Control of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Conventional Power and Contemporary Warfare

Iraq, Afghanistan and American Military Transformation

Homeland Security: A New Strategic Paradigm

Humanitarian Intervention and Peace Operations

The Future of Strategy

A New Agenda for Security and Strategy?

Strategic Studies and its Critics

The Practice of Strategy

The Future of Strategic Studies

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