374 Pages
by
Routledge
374 Pages
by
Routledge
374 Pages
by
Routledge
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This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to modern strategy, covering the context, theory, and practice of military strategy in all its different forms.
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 practice. It is split into three main sections:
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Introduction
Part I: Context
1. Strategy
2. The human dimension of strategy
3. The ethics of war
4. Technology
5. Intelligence
6. Grand strategy
Part II: The geographic domains
7. Land power
8. Sea power
9. Air power
10. Space power
11. Cyber power
Part IV: Contemporary strategic challenges
12. Nuclear strategy
13. Terrorism
14. Insurgency and counterinsurgency
Conclusion: patterns in grand strategy today
Biography
David J. Lonsdale is a senior lecturer in war studies at the University of Hull, UK, and author of four books.
Thomas M. Kane is an independent scholar and author of eight academic books.
