The second edition of Strategic Studies: A Reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors to the field. This revised volume contains several new essays and updated introductions to each section. The volume comprises hard-to-find classics in the field as well as the latest scholarship. 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. The book contains six extensive sections; each of which is prefaced by a short introductory essay:The Uses of Strategic Theory Interpretation of the Classics Instruments of War; Intelligence and Deception Nuclear Strategy Irregular Warfare and Small Wars Future Warfare; Future Strategy 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. 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.
#1900540 in Books Bisher Jamie 2009-12-23 2009-12-21Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.21 x 1.11 x 6.14l; 1.50 #File Name: 0415571340492 pagesWhite Terror
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful. FINALLY!By Robert H. AdamsOK; I'm weird. I love this stuff and have been saving up to buy this book anbd finally did. Mr. Bisher adds to the literature of the Russian Civil War in Siberia using primary sources; many of them heretofore available only in the original Russian; and does a magnificent job of ferreting out the details. The reason this book is important is twofold: 1) It helps illuminate a period and a geography heretofore ignored by all but a few scholars which was singularly important in the post Geat War period not simply for the Russian Civil War but also the postwar international scramble for position. (2) The Bolsheviks had to have Siberia to make the Russian Revolution work for them because of the natural resources so desperately in short supply in European Russian following the war which is why the failure of the Kokchak government was essential to the sustainable formation of a Bolshevik government; and hence to world history across the remainer of the 20th century (e.g.; World War II; Cold War; you name it). The price is somewhat daunting; but I urge anyone interested to include this study in his collection as a sine qua non of underrstanding how the seminal (or; perhaps the Semenov?) events in Siberia 1917-1922 caused the world to be the way it is now.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good readBy ericIn America a little known conflict that would affect much of the world over time. Well written and very interesting. Having a map of the Mongolia and Korean areas may be extremely helpful.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Three StarsBy Alan S.Indepth Doctoral thesis like review
