Strategy and Grand Strategy

In this Adelphi book, Joshua Rovner offers a lucid analysis of strategy (a theory of victory) and grand strategy (a theory of security).

List of contents

Introduction: Two theories Chapter One: Strategy and grand strategy in the Peloponnesian War Chapter Two: Britain and France in the American Revolution Chapter Three: Strategy and grand strategy in the Cold War Chapter Four: Strategy and grand strategy after September 11 Chapter Five: Strategy, grand strategy and emerging technologies Conclusion: Open questions.

About the author

Joshua Rovner is an Associate Professor of International Relations in the School of International Service at American University. He previously served as the John Goodwin Tower Distinguished Chair in International Politics and National Security at SMU, and as a professor of strategy and policy at the US Naval War College. In 2018-19 he served as scholar-in-residence at the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command. Rovner is the author of Fixing the Facts: National Security and the Politics of Intelligence (Cornell University Press, 2011), and the co-editor of Chaos in the Liberal Order: The Trump Presidency and International Politics in the 21st Century (Columbia University Press, 2018) and Chaos Reconsidered: The Liberal Order and the Future of International Politics (Columbia University Press, 2023).

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Rovner, Joshua (American University Rovner
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2025
• EAN: 9781041020042
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4102004-2
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Adelphi series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Politics and government, Warfare and defence, International Relations;Military security;National security