Another Bloody Century: Future Warfare by Colin S. Gray -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Praise for Colin S. Gray Dedication Title Page Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures Preface Epigraph Introduction The Plot PART ONE BASICS

Chapter one Back to the Future

On War and Warfare Perils of Prediction Continuities and Discontinuities

Chapter two Context, Context, Context

A War-prone Future The Political Driver Society and Culture

Chapter three Technology and War

Technophiles and Technophobes From RMA to Transformation

PART TWO WARFARE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Chapter four Grand Narratives of War, 1800–2100

The Rise and Fall of Total War The Obsolescence of Major Interstate War ‘Old Wars’ and ‘New Wars’, into the Fourth Generation A New Security Agenda Geopolitics Revolutions in Military Affairs (RMAs) Technology The Expanding Geography of War Terrorism Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) The Decline of War History: Our Past is Our Future

Chapter five Regular Warfare

Varieties of Warfare Yesterday’s Problem? Wars Between States Dilemmas of a Defence Planner The Shape of Things to Come

Chapter six Irregular Warfare and Terrorism

An Old Story Meets Post-modernity An Asymmetrical Future Terrorism as Irregular Warfare Irregular Regulars

Chapter seven Old Rules for New Challenges I: Weapons of Mass Destruction

Silver Bullets and Combined Arms Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Nuclear Weapons Biological Weapons Chemical Weapons A Strategic Perspective

Chapter eight Old Rules for New Challenges II: Warfare in Space and Cyberspace

Theory for New Geography Clausewitz in Orbit Cyberwarfare is Still Warfare

PART THREE TAMING THE BEAST

Chapter nine The Control of Wars

Is War Useful? Grand Solutions, or Ventures in Futility How Are Wars Controlled? Treatments that Work (Sometimes)

Conclusions A Warlike Future: The Long-running Story

Coping with Ignorance Themes The Argument

References Bibliography of works cited Index List of Illustrations About the Author Copyright