Book Series in Military, Strategic and Security Studies

Strategy and History

New & Published Titles:

Clausewitz and America

Strategic Thought and Practice from Vietnam to Iraq

By Stuart Kinross

This book demonstrates how Clausewitzian thought influenced American strategic thinking between the Vietnam War and the current conflict in Iraq.

Carl von Clausewitz's thought played…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56963-7 (Routledge)

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War in Iraq

Planning and Execution

Edited by Thomas G. Mahnken, Thomas A. Keaney

This volume provides a collection of insightful essays on all phases of the Iraq War: both US-led major combat operations to defeat the Ba’athist regime…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54524-2 (Routledge)

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Alexander the Great: Lessons in Strategy

By David J. Lonsdale

This book offers a strategic analysis of one of the most outstanding military careers in history, identifying the most pertinent strategic lessons from the campaigns…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54525-9 (Routledge)

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The German 1918 Offensives

A Case Study in The Operational Level of War

By David T. Zabecki

This is the first study of the Ludendorff Offensives of 1918 based extensively on key German records presumed to be lost forever after Potsdam was…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55879-2 (Routledge)

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US Military Innovation since the Cold War

Creation Without Destruction

Edited by Harvey Sapolsky, Benjamin Friedman, Brendan Green

This book explains how the US military reacted to the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA), and failed to innovate its organization or doctrine to match…

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2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77791-9 (Routledge)

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America, Technology and Strategic Culture

A Clausewitzian Assessment

By Brice Harris

This book analyses the American way of war within the context of Clausewitzian theory. In doing so, it draws conclusions about the origins, viability, and…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77584-7 (Routledge)

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Special Operations and Strategy

From World War II to the War on Terrorism

By James D. Kiras

James D. Kiras shows how a number of different special operations, in conjunction with more conventional military actions, achieve and sustain strategic effect(s) over time.…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45949-5 (Routledge)

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Science, Strategy and War

The Strategic Theory of John Boyd

By Frans P.B. Osinga

John Boyd is often known exclusively for the so-called ‘OODA’ loop model he developed. This model refers to a decision-making process and to the idea…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45952-5 (Routledge)

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Strategic Basing and the Great Powers, 1200-2000

By Robert E. Harkavy

This is the first book to survey the evolution of the strategic basing systems of the great powers, covering an 800-year span of history, from…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-70176-1 (Routledge)

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US Defence Strategy from Vietnam to Operation Iraqi Freedom

Military Innovation and the New American War of War, 1973-2003

By Robert R. Tomes

US Defence Strategy from Vietnam to Operation Iraqi Freedom examines the thirty-year transformation in American military thought and defence strategy that spanned from 1973 through…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77252-5 (Routledge)

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Series Details:

Edited by: Colin Gray and Williamson Murray

This new series will focus on the theory and practice of strategy. Following Clausewitz, strategy has been understood to mean the use made of force, and the threat of the use of force, for the ends of policy. This series is as interested in ideas as in historical cases of grand strategy and military strategy in action. All historical periods, near and past, and even future, are of interest. In addition to original monographs, the series will from time to time publish edited reprints of neglected classics as well as collections of essays.

Forthcoming Titles:

War, Transformation and Asia-Pacific Security: Technology and Future Security
By Malcolm R. Davis
To be published October 31st 2010