War, Strategy, and International Politics

Essays in Honour of Sir Michael Howard

Inbunden, Engelska, 1992

Av Lawrence Freedman, Paul Hayes, Robert O'Neill, King's College London) Freedman, Lawrence (Professor of War Studies, Professor of War Studies, Oxford) Hayes, Paul (Fellow and Tutor in Modern History and Politics, Fellow and Tutor in Modern History and Politics, Keble College, Oxford) O'Neill, Robert (Chichele Professor of the History of War, Chichele Professor of the History of War, All Souls College

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This wide-ranging collection covers many topics of interest in the related fields of military history and strategic studies. The contributors are all distinguished scholars, whose depth of research and variety of approach combine to produce a rewarding book and a substantive contribution to knowledge. Their common theme is the exploration of the relationships between strategic planning, the conduct of war, and high politics.The volume is dedicated to Sir Michael Howard, formerly Regius Professor of History in the University of Oxford. The broad scope of the work reflects the nature of Sir Michael's scholarship over a long and distinguished career.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1992-07-30
Mått163 x 238 x 24 mm
Vikt658 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagClarendon Press
ISBN9780198222927

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War and the English in the reign of Henry VIII; an English country house at war - Littlecote and the Pophams; the continental commitment in the 18th century; "Cornwallis Triumphant" - War in India and the British Public in the late 18th century; parliamentary debate, economic vulnerability and British Naval expansion 1860-1905; Britain, Germany, and the Admiralty's plans for attacking German territory 1906-1915; Lord Kitchener and the Battle of Loos - French politics and British strategy in the summer of 1915; who knew what and when? The French Army mutinies and the British decision to launch the Third Battle of Ypres; "Hidden in the Rock" - American military perceptions of Great Britain 1919-1940; Alanbrooke and Britain's Mediterranean strategy 1942-1944; being friends - the combined chiefs of staff and the making of allied strategy in the Second World War; Britain and the Alliance; grand strategies and less than grand strategies - a 20th-century critique; continuity and change in Soviet strategic thought; problems of command in limited warfare - thoughts from Korea and Vietnam; strategic studies and the problem of power.