Explorations in Strategy

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
The Challenge of Strategy
On Strategic Performance
The Advantages and Limitations of Sea Power: British Defense in a Joint World
Deterrence, Still a Reliable Strategy?
Strategy and Air Power
The Advantages and Limitations of Air Power
The United States as an Air Power
Air Power and Defense Planning
Strategy and Special Operations
The Nature of Special Operations
The Strategic Utility of Special Operations: Lessons of History
Special Operations and Defense Planning
Conclusions
Strategy and the Revolution in Military Affairs
Bibliography
Index

About the author

COLIN S. GRAY is a strategic theorist and defense analyst who has worked in Britain, Canada, and the United States. He has written pioneering and controversial studies of nuclear strategy, arms control, maritime strategy, and geopolitics.

Product details

• Authors: Colin S. Gray
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.1996
• EAN: 9780313295102
• ISBN: 978-0-313-29510-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 595 g
• Series: Contributions in Military Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), History, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Defence strategy, planning & research, Military and defence strategy, War and defence operations, War & defence operations