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Edwards unpacks key strategic episodes from world history and politics to help readers to understand the role of strategy and the scholarly and policy debates surrounding it.

Discover how strategic theory can be used to navigate the complex and uncertain international security environment that we live in today.

Themes covered include:
International relations - technology - ethics - irregular war (including counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism and hybrid warfare) - the resurgence of great power rivalries in the early 21st century - the rise of non-state actors

Case studies include:
Guerrilla warfare and strategy in regions from South East Asia to the Middle East - US nuclear strategy in the Cold War - Russian intervention in Ukraine - British strategy at the end of empire - the UN''s role in resolving conflict after the Cold War - US-led coalition strategy in Afghanistan - the challenge posed by Al Qaeda and Islamic State/Daesh

Strategy in War and Peace

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 31 January 2017
      ISBN-13 9780748683987
      978-0748683987
      ISBN-10 0748683984
      Also in:
      Military and defence strategy Warfare and defence

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Edwards unpacks key strategic episodes from world history and politics to help readers to understand the role of strategy and the scholarly and policy debates surrounding it.

      Discover how strategic theory can be used to navigate the complex and uncertain international security environment that we live in today.

      Themes covered include:
      International relations - technology - ethics - irregular war (including counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism and hybrid warfare) - the resurgence of great power rivalries in the early 21st century - the rise of non-state actors

      Case studies include:
      Guerrilla warfare and strategy in regions from South East Asia to the Middle East - US nuclear strategy in the Cold War - Russian intervention in Ukraine - British strategy at the end of empire - the UN''s role in resolving conflict after the Cold War - US-led coalition strategy in Afghanistan - the challenge posed by Al Qaeda and Islamic State/Daesh

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