TY - BOOK AU - Strachan,Hew TI - The direction of war: contemporary strategy in historical perspective SN - 1107047854 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Strategy KW - Military history, Modern KW - 21st century KW - fast N1 - 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 ER -