Great Strategic Rivalries

James Lacey is Course Director and Professor of both Strategic Studies and Political Economy at the Marine Corps War College. His previous books include The Shaping of Grand Strategy: Policy, Diplomacy, and War Diplomac, The Moment of Battle: Twenty Clashes that Changed the World, and The First Clash: The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization.

• Introduction, Dr. James G. Lacey, Marine Corps War CollegeAthens and Sparta by Dr. Paul A. Rahe, Hoover InstitutionEnduring Strategic Rivalries: Rome versus Carthage by Dr. Barry S. Strauss, Cornell University Rome, Parthia, and Sassanid Persia: Strategic Rivalries in the Classical Near East by Kenneth W. Harl, Tulane University"1066 and All That": English and French Strategic Rivalry During the Middle Ages by Dr. Kelly R. DeVries, Loyola University, Baltimore Genoa and Venice by Dr. Christine Shaw, University of Oxford Incest, Blind Faith, and Conquest: The Spanish Habsburgs and their Enemies, 1516-1713 by Dr. Geoffrey Parker, Ohio State University Islam's Final Push by Andrew Wheatcroft A Contest for Trade and Empire: England v. France, 1658-1783 by Dr. Matt Schumann, Eastern Michigan University Enduring Strategic Rivalries: Great Britain vs. France during the French Wars (1792-1815) by Dr. Michael V. Leggiere, University of North TexasThe Franco-German Rivalry by Dr. Geoffrey Wawaro, University of North Texas Enduring Strategic Rivalries: The British Empire versus the American Empire, c. 1812-c. 1940 by Dr. Kathleen M. Burk, University of College, London Britain and Germany: 1914-1945 by Dr. Williamson Murray, Ohio State University China, Russia, and Japan and the Competition to Create a New World Order by Dr. S. C. M. Paine, U.S. Naval War CollegeThe Russo-German Strategic Rivalry: 1871-1945, Dr. Robert M. Citino, U.S. Army War CollegeEnduring Strategic Rivalries: US-Japan Strategic Rivalry to 1941 by Dr. William M. Morgan, U.S. Marine Corps War CollegeCold War Strategic Rivalry: The Soviet Union Contra Mundo (1945-1991) by Dr. James H. Anderson, U.S. Marine Corps War College

[A] forceful look at many of the notable rivalries of history....Among the strengths of the work overall is that the chapters, whose topics are distinct and can be read independently, nonetheless allow a reader to encounter both thematic patterns between rivalries and complementary vantage points of different powers' strategic positions....Great Strategic Rivalriesusefully examines over two millennia of military history in an informative and useful way....[A]n effective work that is well organized and expertly written, and the result is a worthwhile resource.