Tokens of power rethinking war
War presents a curious paradox. Interstate war is arguably the most carefully planned endeavor by states, yet military history is filled with disasters and blunders of monumental proportions. These anomalies happen because most military history presumes that states are pursuing optimal strategies in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The ambiguity of military planning
- The measurement of military power
- Military strategy and the lessons of history
- Great power competition and the causes of war
- Planning for the First World War
- Tanks in the Second World War
- The great powers and nuclear weapons
- The construction of U.S. Cold War war interests
- Conclusion