Modern Military Strategy - An Introduction (Hardcover)

The aim of this book is to provide a coherent, integrated introductory textbook on post-Cold War strategic theory for upper-level students seeking an initial understanding of strategic studies. Dramatic changes and developments in the international security environment over the past decade and a half have created the need to examine the ideas of more contemporary strategic thinkers, and to revise the key textbooks of strategic thought. This book will examine modern strategic thought, with a focus on the post-Cold War period. Each chapter will cover a different theme, and the text will centre on the ideas of key strategic thinkers within this functional theme, as well as concepts within the functional theme that are not necessarily associated with a specific thinker. In the post-Cold War and especially post-9/11 period there has been significant and growing interest among students about international security issues, but while works have been published that focus on a particular aspect of military strategy, there is no one volume that provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview and examination of strategic thought in the period since the end of the Cold War. This book aims to fill this key gap in the literature. This book will be essential reading for students of strategic studies, war studies and military history, and highly recommended for students of security studies and IR in general.