The Oxford Handbook of War

by Lindley-French, Julian; Boyer, Yves

• ISBN13: 9780199562930
• ISBN10: 0199562938
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Oxford Handbook on Waris the definitive analysis of war in the twenty-first century. With over forty senior authors from academia, government and the armed forces world-wide the Handbookexplores the history, theory, ethics and practice of war. It first considers the fundamental causes of war, before reflecting on the moral and legal aspects of war. Theories on the practice of war lead into an analysis of the strategic conduct of war and non Western ways of war. The heart of the Handbookis a compelling analysis of the military conduct of war which is juxtaposed with consideration of technology, economy, industry, and war. In conclusion the volume looks to the future of this apparently perennial feature of human interaction.

Author Biography

Julian Lindley-French is Eisenhower Professor of Defence Strategy at the Netherlands Defence Academy, and Special Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of Leiden. He is a member of the Atlantic Council of the United States as well as Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House) and Senior Associate Fellow of the Defence Academy of the UK. Lindley-French is Head of the Commander's Initiative Group (CIG) for NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) in which he is leading efforts to operationalize the Comprehensive Approach, as well as a member of the Strategic Advisory Group in Washington.

Yves Boyer is Professor at Ecole polytechnique, teaching "Geopolitics and Strategy," and Deputy Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS) in France. He is also the vice-president of the board of the Comite d'Etude de Defense Nationale, a member of the editorial boards of the Annuaire Francais de Relations Internationales, the Revue de Geoeconomie, and Questions Internationales.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
The Fundamental Causes of War
Defining War	p. 17
Strategy and War	p. 30
How History Shapes War	p. 43
The Collision of Modern and Post-Modern War	p. 57
Alliances and War	p. 69
Brazil, India, and China: Emerging Powers and Warfare	p. 80
The Moral and Legal Aspects of War
Morality and War	p. 99
The Evolving Legal Aspects of War	p. 116
Theories on the Practice of War
The History of Grand Strategy and the Conduct of Micro-Wars	p. 135
The Strategic Object of War	p. 148
Nuclear Deterrence and War	p. 162
Unconventional Forms of War	p. 185
Terrorism and War	p. 199
The Strategic Conduct of War
Strategic Leadership and War	p. 215
Intelligence and War	p. 228
The Pol/Mil Interface and War: The French at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century	p. 242
Managing War	p. 257
Non-Western Ways of War
The Russian Way of War: In Crisis?	p. 273
The Twenty-First Century War: Chinese Perspectives	p. 287
The Japanese Way of War	p. 302
The Military Conduct of War
Military Coalitions in War	p. 319
Mihtary Leadership in a Changing World	p. 332
The Art of Command in the Twenty-First Century: Reflections on Three Commands	p. 346
Hybrid Conflict and the Changing Nature of Actors	p. 358
Conducting Joint Operations	p. 373
Counterinsurgency and War	p. 387
The Role of Logistics in War	p. 401
Land Warfare	p. 417
Maritime Warfare and the Importance of Sea Control Admiral The Right Honourable Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC DUniv	p. 430
Air Warfare Air Commodore	p. 444
Teaching War	p. 460
Technology, Economy, Industry, and War
The Limits of Technology in War	p. 477
Space: A New Theatre of War?	p. 489
Affording War: The British Case	p. 503
Industry and War	p. 517
Procurement and War	p. 531
The Defence Industry in the Contemporary Global Security Environment	p. 544
Civil-Military Cooperation and War
The Changing Relationship Between Society and Armed Forces	p. 559
Clear, Hold, and Build: Operationalizing the Comprehensive Approach	p. 573
Building a Multilateral Civilian Surge	p. 586
War and Society
Demography and Warfare	p. 603
Communicating War: The Gamekeeper's Perspective	p. 617
Communicating War: The Poacher's Perspective	p. 631
Does War have a Future?
Does War Have a Future?	p. 647
Conclusions: The Unpredictability of War and its Consequences	p. 663
Index	p. 669
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