Shows how geography, technology, history and national culture shape government policy, and explains how nations pursue their strategic interests in peacetime
Strategic studies as a field of civilian scholarship has developed along distinctive lines in the United States since World War II. The rapid proliferation and increasing sophistication of weapons tec
Strategy and Defence Planning: Meeting the Challenge of Uncertainty explores and examines why and how security communities prepare purposefully for their future defence. The author explains that defen
Strategy and Defence Planning: Meeting the Challenge of Uncertainty explores and examines why and how security communities prepare purposefully for their future defence. The author explains that defen
War, Peace and International Relations provides an introduction to the strategic history of the past two centuries, showing how those 200 years were shaped and reshaped extensively by war. The book ta
Through forty maxims developed by the author, this book offers advice on how we can best cope with the perils that lurk for us in future strategic history.
Strategic history, as Gray (politics and international relations, U. of Reading, England) defines it, is the history of the influence of the use and threat of force on world politics. He presents this
This new volume explores the theory and practice of war and peace in modern historical context. In fifteen clear and concise chapters, this book hits the high and low points of international politics
Perspectives on Strategy examines in depth five aspects of strategy. Strategic thought and behaviour are explored and explained from the perspectives of intellect, morality, culture, geography, and te
Perspectives on Strategy examines in depth five aspects of strategy. Strategic thought and behaviour are explored and explained from the perspectives of intellect, morality, culture, geography, and t
This book provides a short and accessible introduction to the theory of strategy, examines the general theory of strategy in accordance with 23 key Principles and explains its nature, functions, and i
This book provides a short and accessible introduction to the theory of strategy, examines the general theory of strategy in accordance with 23 key Principles and explains its nature, functions, and i
Hiring the Best Staff for Your School moves beyond typical hiring tools—resumes, applications, transcripts, portfolios, and artifacts—and adds effective strategies to the educational leader’s recruiti
Hiring the Best Staff for Your School moves beyond typical hiring tools—resumes, applications, transcripts, portfolios, and artifacts—and adds effective strategies to the educational leader’s recruiti
The Strategy Bridge presents the general theory of strategy and explains the utility of this general theory for the particular strategies that strategists need to develop in order to meet their histor
The Strategy Bridge presents the general theory of strategy and explains the utility of this general theory for the particular strategies that strategists need to develop in order to meet their histor
Colin S. Gray has advised governments on both sides of the Atlantic about military affairs, and he looks into the future to provide some intriguing answers about the ways Western armed forces—w
Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since September 11, few issues have been more hotly debated than the United States' role in the world. In this hard-nosed but sophisticated examination, C
""This is must reading for real and would-be naval strategists at all levels."" -Proceedings - U.S. Naval Institute The Navy in the Post-Cold War World is the first book to invite the reader to think