strategic studies: a reader

The second edition of Strategic Studies: A Reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors to the field. Unable to add item to List. Filling a large gap in the market, it will guide students through both the theoretical and practical aspects of Strategic Studies. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Michael Evans writes the shortest, shallowest analysis of war since the invasion of Afghanistan and illustrates the dubious criteria by which the editors were selecting. The second edition of Strategic Studies: A Reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors to the field. In 2005-06 he was Visiting Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of Defence Studies. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. -- Eliot A. Cohen, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, 'This superb volume provides an essential primer for any student of strategic studies.' Mahnken, a former professor at the Naval War College, is currently visiting fellow and professo-rial lecturer in the Strategic Studies Pro- This revised volume contains several new essays and updated introductions to each section. Product Information. The volume comprises hard-to-find classics in the field as well as the latest scholarship. Great foundation for Strategic Studies. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. David Galula on Counterinsurgency Warfare is excellent, but the only academic analysis in the whole reader and one that is over 40 years old. So clearly we're not learning about nuclear strategy - just early Cold War prospects. Overall, Strategic Studies: a Reader is a positive addition to the literature. : Thomas G. Mahnken, Joseph A. Maiolo. The 13-digit and 10-digit formats both work. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Liddell Hart, The Revolution in Warfare, Faber, London, 1946, p. 76. Please try again. Part III covers "land, sea, and air power" - here we get our first review piece, by Brian Holden Reid, of Fuller and Liddell Hart - if only the reader had more reviews of this type, like "Makers of Modern Strategy". Synopsis This new reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors in the field. He is co-editor of the Journal of Strategic Studies. Part V is on Irregular Warfare and here the editors invest space for 5 authors, with two arbitrarily selected practitioners (Lawrence of Arabia and Mao Tse Tung), without admitting that both authors practised warfare completely differently to how they wrote about it. The book contains six extensive sections, each of which is prefaced by a short introductory essay: Overall, this volume strikes a balance between theoretical works, which seek to discover generalisations about the nature of modern strategy, and case studies, which attempt to ground the study of strategy in the realities of modern war. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Instruments of War, Intelligence and Deception. For research as well as teaching it is an invaluable resource.' 9 B.H. This new edition will be essential reading for all students of strategic studies, security studies, military history and war studies, as well as for professional military college students. This revised volume contains several new essays and updated introductions to each section. This revised volume contains several new essays and updated introductions to each section. Could have used more Clausewitz, and more air/sea/PGM and less insurgency/terrorism. The second edition of Strategic Studies: A Reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors to the field. It guides students through both the theoretical and practical aspects of Strategic Studies, and includes both classic essays and works of contemporary scholarship. It cannot be used alone, but was not intended to be a single, definitive source. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. -- Stephan Fruehling, Australian National University, Canberra, ‘The new volume makes an excellent contribution to the study of strategy, and to the ongoing debate on the complexity of strategy and the connection between security and strategy. Certain authors and publishers seem to prefer the production of "readers" - collections of chapters or papers published by others, usually their friends, apparently for those same friends to assign as readings to their students. Striking a balance between theoretical essays and case studies, the Strategic Studies Reader will be essential reading for all students of strategic studies, international security and modern warfare, as well as for professional military students. The 13-digit and 10-digit formats both work. Thomas G. Mahnken is currently Jerome E. Levy Chair of Economic Geography and National Security at the US Naval War College. 464pp. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. The aim is to provide students with a wide-ranging survey of the key issues in strategic studies, and to provide an introduction to the main ideas and themes in the field. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. This revised volume contains several new essays and updated introductions to each section. Strategic Studies. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. He is author of Uncovering Ways of War: U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918-1941 (2002). Part VI covers "future warfare, future strategy" starting with Andrew Krepenevich, who is excellent, on the "revolution in military affairs", but that topic is 20 years old now. In the end, the experience is like eating a bag of dog biscuits in the dark before you find the odd small candy. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Please try again. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Strategic Studies: A reader By Thomas G. Mahnken and Joseph A. Maiolo Topics: Military, Strategi New York: Routledge, 2008. He is co-editor of The Journal of Strategic Studies. He is author of The Royal Navy and Nazi Germany: A study in appeasement and the origins of the Second World War (1998) and Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War 1931-1941 (2010); co-author of An International History of the Twentieth Century (Routledge, 2004, 2008); and co-editor (with Robert Boyce) The Origins of World War Two: The Debate Continues (2005). Part II covers "the classics" but again includes only 3 authors: Sun Tzu, I agree; Liddell Hart, highly controversial; Thomas Schelling, belongs in a chapter on nuclear strategy. I was one of those poor students. Use the Amazon App to scan ISBNs and compare prices. Strategic Studies: A Reader. This bar-code number lets you verify that you're getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. For a revised attempt at the same points, see the US edition, published by Yale University Press in 1947. Joseph A. Maiolo is Professor of International History in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, UK. This revised volume contains several new essays and updated introductions to each section. Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2016. By the way, this chapter is based on the most recently published article in the whole reader and it was published in 2005. Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2012. Routledge; 2nd edition (February 13, 2014). The second edition of Strategic Studies: A Reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors to the field. The volume comprises hard-to-find classics in the field as well as the latest scholarship. New York: Routledge, 2008. This revised volume contains several new essays and updated introductions to each section. 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