The direction of war :
Strachan, Hew.
The direction of war : contemporary strategy in historical perspective / Hew Strachan. - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - xiv, 322 p. 23 c.
Reprint. Originally published: 2013.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. War and strategy at the beginning of the twenty-first century -- 2. The meaning of strategy: historical perspectives -- 3. The case for Clausewitz: reading 'On War' today -- 4. Making strategy work: civil-military relations in Britain and the United States -- 5. Strategy and the limitation of war -- 6. European armies and limited war -- 7. The limitations of strategic culture: the case of the British way in warfare -- 8. Maritime strategy and national policy -- 9. Technology and strategy -- 10. War is war: imperial legacies and current conflicts -- 11. Strategy and the operational level of war -- 12. Strategy and contingency -- 13. Strategy: change and continuity.
1107047854 9781107654235
2741.00
2016435091
2000-2099
Strategy.
Military history, Modern--21st century.
Military history, Modern.
Strategy.
The direction of war : contemporary strategy in historical perspective / Hew Strachan. - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - xiv, 322 p. 23 c.
Reprint. Originally published: 2013.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. War and strategy at the beginning of the twenty-first century -- 2. The meaning of strategy: historical perspectives -- 3. The case for Clausewitz: reading 'On War' today -- 4. Making strategy work: civil-military relations in Britain and the United States -- 5. Strategy and the limitation of war -- 6. European armies and limited war -- 7. The limitations of strategic culture: the case of the British way in warfare -- 8. Maritime strategy and national policy -- 9. Technology and strategy -- 10. War is war: imperial legacies and current conflicts -- 11. Strategy and the operational level of war -- 12. Strategy and contingency -- 13. Strategy: change and continuity.
1107047854 9781107654235
2741.00
2016435091
2000-2099
Strategy.
Military history, Modern--21st century.
Military history, Modern.
Strategy.