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Strategic studies: a reader/ edited by Thomas G. Mahnken and Joseph A. Maiolo - London: Routledge, 2008. - 450 p.

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

ISBN: 9780415772211 0415772214 9780415772228 0415772222

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Strategy--History

Dewey Class. No.: 355.43 / MAH/S