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Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Military Studies
Author: Joseph Soeters
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-06-27
Total Pages: 357
ISBN-13: 1136203311
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume offers an overview of the methodologies of research in the field of military studies. As an institution relying on individuals and resources provided by society, the military has been studied by scholars from a wide range of disciplines: political science, sociology, history, psychology, anthropology, economics and administrative studies. The methodological approaches in these disciplines vary from computational modelling of conflicts and surveys of military performance, to the qualitative study of military stories from the battlefield and veterans experiences. Rapidly developing technological facilities (more powerful hardware, more sophisticated software, digitalization of documents and pictures) render the methodologies in use more dynamic than ever. The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Military Studies offers a comprehensive and dynamic overview of these developments as they emerge in the many approaches to military studies. The chapters in this Handbook are divided over four parts: starting research, qualitative methods, quantitative methods, and finalizing a study, and every chapter starts with the description of a well-published study illustrating the methodological issues that will be dealt with in that particular chapter. Hence, this Handbook not only provides methodological know-how, but also offers a useful overview of military studies from a variety of research perspectives. This Handbook will be of much interest to students of military studies, security and war studies, civil-military relations, military sociology, political science and research methods in general.
Strategic Studies
Author: Thomas G. Mahnken
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-01-10
Total Pages: 643
ISBN-13: 1317805585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe second edition of Strategic Studies: A Reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors to the field. This revised volume contains several new essays and updated introductions to each section. The volume comprises hard-to-find classics in the field as well as the latest scholarship. The aim is to provide students with a wide-ranging survey of the key issues in strategic studies, and to provide an introduction to the main ideas and themes in the field. The book contains six extensive sections, each of which is prefaced by a short introductory essay: The Uses of Strategic Theory Interpretation of the Classics Instruments of War, Intelligence and Deception Nuclear Strategy Irregular Warfare and Small Wars Future Warfare, Future Strategy Overall, this volume strikes a balance between theoretical works, which seek to discover generalisations about the nature of modern strategy, and case studies, which attempt to ground the study of strategy in the realities of modern war. This new edition will be essential reading for all students of strategic studies, security studies, military history and war studies, as well as for professional military college students.
Military Strategy
Author: John M. Collins
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 1019
ISBN-13: 1597974005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides an overview of the principles, theories, policies, and other fundamentals of modern warfare and their applications in the twenty-first century.
U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues: Theory of war and strategy
Author: J. Boone Bartholomees
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis edition of the U. S. Army War College Guide to National Security Policy and Strategy continues to reflect the structure and approach of the core national security strategy and policy curriculum at the War College. The 5th Edition is published in two volumes that correspond roughly to the Department of National Security and Strategy¿s core courses: ¿Theory of War and Strategy¿ and ¿National Security Policy and Strategy.¿ Like previous editions, this one is based on its predecessor but contains both updates and new scholarship. Over a third of the chapters are new or have undergone significant rewrites. Many chapters, some of which appeared for years in this work, have been removed. Nevertheless, the book remains unchanged in intent and purpose. Although this is not primarily a textbook, it does reflect both the method and manner we use to teach strategy formulation to America¿s future senior leaders. The book is not a comprehensive or exhaustive treatment of either strategic theory or the policymaking process. Both volumes are organized to proceed from the general to the specific. Thus, the first volume opens with general thoughts on the nature and theory of war and strategy, proceeds to look at the complex aspect of power, and concludes with specific theoretical issues. Similarly, the second volume begins by examining the policy/strategy process, moves to a look at the strategic environment, and concludes with some specific issues. This edition continues the effort begun in the 4th Edition to include several short case studies to illustrate the primary material in the volume.
Strategic Culture and Ways of War
Author: Lawrence Sondhaus
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-08-21
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1135989753
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study will provide a badly-needed survey and synopsis of the scholarly literature on strategic culture and ways of war.
The Army in India and the Development of Frontier Warfare, 1849-1947
Author: T. Moreman
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1998-08-10
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 023037462X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive study is the first scholarly account explaining how the British and Indian armies adapted to the peculiar demands of fighting an irregular tribal opponent in the mountainous no-man's-land between India and Afghanistan. It does so by discussing how a tactical doctrine of frontier fighting was developed and 'passed on' to succeeding generations of soldiers. As this book conclusively demonstrates this form of colonial warfare always exerted a powerful influence on the organisation, equipment, training and ethos of the Army in India.
What Should the U.S. Army Learn from History? Recovery from a Strategy Deficit
Author: Colin S. Gray
Publisher: Department of the Army
Published: 2017-07-26
Total Pages: 71
ISBN-13: 9781584877639
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDoes history repeat itself? This monograph clearly answers "no," firmly. However, it does not argue that an absence of repetition in the sense of analogy means that history can have no utility for the soldier today. This monograph argues for a "historical parallelism," in place of shaky or false analogy. The past, even the distant and ancient past, provides evidence of the potency of lasting virtues of good conduct. This monograph concludes by offering four recommendations: Behave prudently. Remember the concept of the great stream of time. Do not forget that war nearly always is a gamble. War should only be waged with strategic sense. Related items: Ends, Means, Ideology, and Pride: Why the Axis Lost and What We Can Learn From Its Defeat can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/ends-means-ideology-and-pride-why-axi... Armed Forces & Military Branches History publications can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/armed-forces-military-branches-history United States Army History publications can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/united-states-army-history
History and Strategy
Author: Marc Trachtenberg
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1991-04-21
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780691023434
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work is a powerful demonstration of how historical analysis can be brought to bear on the study of strategic issues, and, conversely, how strategic thinking can help drive historical research. Based largely on newly released American archives, History and Strategy focuses on the twenty years following World War II. By bridging the sizable gap between the intellectual world of historians and that of strategists and political scientists, the essays here present a fresh and unified view of how to explore international politics in the nuclear era. The book begins with an overview of strategic thought in America from 1952 through 1966 and ends with a discussion of "making sense" of the nuclear age. Trachtenberg reevaluates the immediate causes of World War I, studies the impact of the shifting nuclear balance on American strategy in the early 1950s, examines the relationship between the nuclearization of NATO and U.S.-West European relations, and looks at the Berlin and the Cuban crises. He shows throughout that there are startling discoveries to be made about events that seem to have been thoroughly investigated.
U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues: National security policy and strategy
Author: J. Boone Bartholomees
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 436
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume II continues the analyses and discussion of national security policy and strategy.
