| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
What is strategy? -- Ends and means in strategy -- The practical application of strategy -- Strategy, ethics and restraint in war --Strategy and the utility of force -- The role of strategy in ending wars and building peace -- Strategy Redux?. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-244) and index. |
| Summary |
Aaron Edwards unpacks key strategic episodes from world history and politics to help you understand the role of strategy and the scholarly and policy debates surrounding it: from counter-insurgency to the rise of non-state actors, and from the end of the British empire to Daesh/Islamic State. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
War -- History.
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War. |
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History. |
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Strategy -- History.
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Strategy. |
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International relations.
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International relations. |
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Security, International.
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Security, International. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Edwards, Aaron. Strategy in war and peace. Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2017] 9780748683987 (OCoLC)979416931 |
| ISBN |
9780748683994 (electronic book) |
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0748683992 (electronic book) |
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9780748683987 |
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0748683984 |
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9780748683970 |
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0748683976 |
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9780748684014 |
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