STRATEGY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
(Sprache: Englisch)
A complete introduction to strategy in the contemporary world, which critically explores the enduring, present and emerging issues dominating strategic debate.
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A complete introduction to strategy in the contemporary world, which critically explores the enduring, present and emerging issues dominating strategic debate.
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Bringing together international experts to provide a comprehensive introduction to strategic studies, this is the only overview to critically engage with both enduring and contemporary issues that dominate strategy. Throughout the chapters readers are encouraged to explore key debates and alternative perspectives. A boxed debates feature considers key controversies and presents opposing arguments, helping students to build critical thinking skills and reflect upon awide range of perspectives. The new edition has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the latest developments in the field of strategic studies. A new chapter 18 on 'The West and the Rest' explores the limitations and problems strategic studies face when dealing with security challenges in the Global South, stressing the importance of diversity in the field and the important contributions the non-Western world has made to international relations theories and concepts. Chapter 14 on 'Geography and Strategy' considersimportant developments in air power, maritime strategy and the rapid expansion of space and cyber warfare. This text is supported by fully updated online resources, to encourage deeper engagement with content.For students:Case studies help to contextualise and deepen understanding of key issuesWeb links and further reading provide students with opportunities to deepen their understanding of main topics and explore further areas of research interestFully updated lecturer resources help to engage students effectively with course material:Customisable PowerPoint slides to ensure clarity of explanation of key concepts and debatesTest Bank to reinforce key concepts and test students' understanding
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1 John Baylis and James J. Wirtz: Introduction: Strategy in the Contemporary World: Strategy after 9/11; Part I: Enduring Issues of Strategy; 2 Beatrice Heuser: The History of the Practice of Strategy from Antiquity to Napoleon; 3 Michael Sheehan: The Evolution of Modern Warfare; 4 Thomas G. Mahnken: Strategic Theory; 5 John Garnett and John Baylis: The Causes of War and the Conditions of Peace; 6 Jeffrey S. Lantis and Darryl Howlett: Strategic Culture; 7 Justin Morris: Law, Politics, and the Use of Force; 8 Eliot A. Cohen: Technology and Warfare; 9 Roger Z. George: Intelligence and Strategy; 10 Colin S. Gray: Strategy and Defence Planning; Part II: Contemporary Problems; 11 James D. Kiras: Irregular Warfare: Terrorism and Insurgency; 12 C. Dale Walton: The Second Nuclear Age: Nuclear Weapons in the Twenty-first Century; 13 John Baylis: The Control of Weapons of Mass Destruction; 14 John Ferris: Conventional Power and Contemporary Warfare; 15 Daniel Moran: Geography and Strategy; 16 Sheena Chestnut Greitens: Humanitarian Intervention and Peace Operations; 17 John B. Sheldon: The Rise of Cyberpower; 18 Stefanie Ortmann and Nick Whittaker: Geopolitics and Grand Strategy; Part III: The Future of Strategy; 19 Amitav Acharya and Jiajie He: Strategic Studies: The West and the Rest; 20 Columba Peoples: Strategic Studies and its Critics; 21 James J. Wirtz: A New Agenda for Security and Strategy?; 22 Colin S. Gray and Jeannie L. Johnson: The Practice of Strategy; 23 Lawrence Freedman: Does Strategic Studies Have a Future?
Autoren-Porträt von John Wirtz Baylis
John Baylis is Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations and a former Pro-Vice Chancellor at Swansea University. His books include Anglo-American Defence Relations 1939-1984 (Macmillan, 1984); Alternative Nuclear Futures: The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the Post-Cold War World, with Robert O'Neill (OUP, 2000); The Makers of Nuclear Strategy, with John Garnett (Pinter,1991); The Globalization of World Politics, with Steve Smith and Patricia Owens (7th Edition, OUP, 2017); An Introduction to Global Politics, with Steven Lamy, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens (4th. Edition, OUP, 2016); and The British Nuclear Experience: The Role of Beliefs, Culture and Identity, with Kristan Stoddart (OUP, 2015). He is currently working on Wales and the Bomb: The Role of Welsh Scientists and Engineers in the Development of British Nuclear Weapons to be published by the University of Wales Press in 2018. ; James J. Wirtz is the Dean of the School of International Graduate Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He is the co-editor of Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies 5th ed. (Oxford University Press, 2018) and the author of Understanding Intelligence Failure: Warning response and deterrence (Routledge 2017).; Colin S. Gray is Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of Reading. He has advised the American and British Governments for many years. Among his books are a trilogy on strategy with Oxford University Press: The Strategy Bridge: Theory for Practice 2010); Perspectives on Strategy (2013); and Strategy and Defence Planning: Meeting the Challenge of Uncertainty (2014).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: John Wirtz Baylis
- 2018, 6. Aufl., 480 Seiten, Masse: 19 x 24,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben von Baylis, John; Wirtz, James; Gray, Colin
- Herausgegeben: John Baylis, James Wirtz, Colin Gray
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198807104
- ISBN-13: 9780198807100
Sprache:
Englisch
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