This edited volume addresses the relationship between the essential nature of war and its character at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

The focus is…

The Bush Doctrine is dead! At least that’s what critics hope. But while new U.S. national security challenges emerge, many post-9/11 threats still persist and…

This volume develops information strategy as a construct equal in importance to military strategy as an influential tool of statecraft.

John Arquilla and Douglas A. Borer…

This volume explores the reasons why American leaders from the 1700s onwards frequently adopt policies of unilateralism.

Thomas M. Kane presents fresh explanations for America’s…

A much-needed survey and synopsis of literature on strategic culture and ways of war.

It clearly shows how national strategies and approaches to warfare are, to…

This book provides a provocative analysis of relations between Europe and America during the tempestuous years 1998-2004. Analysing EU foreign policy, it concludes that the…

The Adelphi Papers monograph series is the International Institute for Strategic Studies' principal contribution to policy-relevant, original academic research. Collected on the occasion of the…

This book explores the ethical implications of war in the contemporary world. The author, a leading theorist of warfare, explains why it is of crucial…

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Preface Chapter 1: Early Concepts, 1900 - 1928 Chapter 2: Expansion, 1928 - 1937 Chapter 3: Small Wars,…

Strategy and History comprises a selection of Professor Gray's key contributions to strategic debate over the past thirty years.

These essays have been selected both…