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" Strategic studies : "
edited by Thomas G. Mahnken and Joseph A. Maiolo.
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959491
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b713861
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Strategic studies : : a reader /\ edited by Thomas G. Mahnken and Joseph A. Maiolo.
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :: Routledge,, 2008.
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ix, 450 pages ;; 26 cm
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0203928466
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: 0415772214
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: 0415772222
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: 9780203928462
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: 9780415772211
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: 9780415772228
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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General introduction -- Part 1. The uses of strategic theory: Introduction ; 1. Strategy as a science / Bernard Brodie ; 2. Strategic studies and the problem of power / Lawrence Freedman ; What is a military lesson? / William C. Fuller, Jr. -- Part 2. Interpretation of the classics: Introduction ; 4. "The Art of War" / Sun Tzu ; 5. Strategy: the indirect approach / Basil Lidell Hart ; 6. Arms and influence / Thomas C. Schelling -- Part 3. Instruments of war: land, sea, and air power: Introduction ; 7. J.F.C. Fuller's theory of mechanized warfare / Brian Holden Reid ; 8. Some principles of maritime strategy / Julian Corbett ; 9. Air power and the origins of deterrence theory before 1939 / R.J. Overy ; 10. Kosovo and the great air power debate / Daniel L. Byman and Matthew C. Waxman -- Part 4. Nuclear strategy: Introduction ; 11. The absolute weapon / Bernard Brodie ; 12. The delicate balance of terror / Albert Wohlstetter -- Part 5. Irregular warfare and small wars: Introduction ; 13. Science of guerrilla warfare / T.E. Lawrence ; 14. Problems of strategy in China's civil war / Mao Tse Tung ; 15. Counterinsurgency warfare: theory and practice / David Galula ; 16. Why big nations lose small wars: the politics of asymmetric conflict / Andrew Mack ; 17. Countering global insurgency / David J. Kilcullen ; 18. Strategic terrorism: the framework and its fallacies / Peter R. Neumann and M.L.R. Smith -- Part 6. Future warfare, future strategy: Introduction ; 19. Cavalry to computer: the pattern of military revolutions / Andrew F. Krepinevich / 20. From Kadesh to Kandahar: military theory and the future of war / Michael Evans ; 21. Why strategy is difficult / Colin S. Gray ; 22. The 'war on terror' in historical perspective / Adam Roberts ; 23. The lost meaning of strategy / Hew Strachan.
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Strategy.
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Strategy.
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Strategy.
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355.02
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U162.S672 2008
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Mahnken, Thomas G.,1965-
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Maiolo, Joseph A.
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