Strategic Theory Books

New and Published Books

1. Nuclear Weapons and Cooperative Security in the 21st Century

   The New Disorder

   By Stephen J. Cimbala

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book looks at the prospects for international cooperation over nuclear weapons proliferation in the 21st century. Nuclear weapons served as stabilizing forces during the Cold War, or the First Nuclear Age, on account of their capability for destruction, the fear that this created among...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. US Military Innovation since the Cold War

   Creation Without Destruction

   Edited by Harvey Sapolsky, Benjamin Friedman, Brendan Green

   Series: Strategy and History

   This book explains how the US military reacted to the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA), and failed to innovate its organization or doctrine to match the technological breakthroughs it brought about. Many called for the transformation of the US military in the years after the end of the Cold...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. Modern War and the Utility of Force

   Challenges, Methods and Strategy

   Edited by Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Jan Angstrom

   Series: Cass Military Studies

   This book investigates the use and utility of military force in modern war. After the Cold War, Western armed forces have increasingly been called upon to intervene in internal conflicts in the former Third World. These forces have been called upon to carry out missions that they traditionally...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
4. Modern Military Strategy

   An Introduction

   By Elinor C. Sloan

   This textbook provides a coherent introduction to post-Cold War and post-9/11 military theory for upper-level students seeking an initial understanding of strategic studies. In the contemporary period there has been significant and growing interest among students about international security issues...

   Published March 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency

   Edited by Paul B. Rich, Isabelle Duyvesteyn

   This new handbook provides a wide-ranging overview of the current state of academic analysis and debate on insurgency and counterinsurgency, as well as an-up-to date survey of contemporary insurgent movements and counter-insurgencies. In recent years, and more specifically since the insurgency in...

   Published January 10th 2012 by Routledge
6. Understanding Contemporary Strategy

   By Thomas M. Kane, David J. Lonsdale

   Understanding Contemporary Strategy provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of modern strategy. Covering all the main issues in the field, the book explores the major themes through a combination of classical and modern strategic theory, history and current...

   Published October 27th 2011 by Routledge
7. War, Peace and International Relations

   An introduction to strategic history, 2nd Edition

   By Colin Gray

   War, Peace and International Relations provides an introduction to the strategic history of the past two centuries, showing how those 200 years were shaped and reshaped extensively by war. The book takes a broad view of what was relevant to the causes, courses, and consequences of wars. Written by...

   Published October 20th 2011 by Routledge
8. A Perpetual Menace

   Nuclear Weapons and International Order

   By William Walker

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   Written by a leading scholar in the field of nuclear weapons and international relations, this book examines ‘the problem of order’ arising from the existence of weapons of mass destruction. This central problem of international order has its origins in the nineteenth century, when...

   Published September 13th 2011 by Routledge
9. Sea Power and the Asia-Pacific

   The Triumph of Neptune?

   Edited by Geoffrey Till, Patrick Bratton

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   With particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines the rise and fall of sea powers. In the Asia-Pacific region there has been significant expansion of sea-based economies together with burgeoning naval power. Many claim that these processes will transform the world’s future...

   Published August 25th 2011 by Routledge
10. The Character of War in the 21st Century

    Edited by Caroline Holmqvist-Jonsäter, Christopher Coker

    Series: LSE International Studies Series

    This edited volume addresses the relationship between the essential nature of war and its character at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The focus is on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, situations that occupy a central role in international affairs and that have become highly...

    Published July 25th 2011 by Routledge