Modern Military Strategy · An Introduction by Sloan, Elinor C. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of boxes Abbreviations Introduction: strategy and strategic thought

Notes Further reading

PART I: Traditional dimensions of strategy

1. Seapower

Alfred Thayer Mahan Sir Julian Stafford Corbett The first post-Cold War decade The 2000s The 2010s Conclusion Questions Notes Further reading

2. Landpower

Sun Tzu Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart Carl von Clausewitz Antoine Henri Jomini Conventional strategic thought during the Cold War Strategic thought since the end of the Cold War Conclusion Questions Notes Further reading

3. Airpower

Giulio Douhet William Mitchell Critiques The first post-Cold War decade New theoretical boundaries Conclusion Questions Notes Further reading

4. Nuclear power and deterrence

The Cold War era Deterrence now Conventional deterrence Nuclear deterrence Questions of nuclear pre-emption Pre-emption and biological and chemical weapons BMD Deterrence and terrorism Conclusion Questions Notes Further reading

PART II: Strategy and non-state actors

Revolutionary war in the early and mid-twentieth century Post-Cold War Conclusion Questions Notes Further reading

6. Peacekeeping, stabilization and humanitarian intervention

Peacekeeping and its variants Stabilization and reconstruction Humanitarian intervention Conclusion Questions Notes Further reading

PART III: Technology and strategy

7. Joint theory and Military Transformation

The RMA Military Transformation EBO and related concepts Broader aspects of Transformation Military innovation Conclusion Questions Notes Further reading

8. Cyberwar

What is cyberwar? Strategic thought War questions The plausibility of strategic cyberwar Cyberwar and non-state actors Conclusion Questions Notes Further reading

9. Spacepower

What is space? The topography of space The character of spacecraft Spacepower Space forces and space missions The conduct of war Conclusion Questions Notes Further reading

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