Books written by Colin S. Gray
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Strategy and Defence Planning: Meeting the Challenge of Uncertainty
For example, see: Peter Schwartz, The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World (Chichester: John Wiley, 1998); Henry Mintzberg, The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning (Harlow: Pearson Education, ...
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War, Peace and International Relations: An introduction to strategic history
M. S. Anderson The Ascendancy of Europe, 1815–1914, 3rd edn (Harlow: Pearson Education, 2003). C. J. Bartlett Peace, War and the European Powers, 1814–1914 (London: Macmillan, 1991). G. Best War andSocietyin RevolutionaryEurope, ...
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Recognizing and Understanding Revolutionary Change in Warfare: The Sovereignty of Context
British scientist, Martin Rees, advises that although “[t]here are physical limits to how finely silicon microchips can be etched by present techniques . . . new methods are already being developed that can print circuits on a much ...
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Strategy for Chaos: Revolutions in Military Affairs and the Evidence of History
1 . 72. Cyril Falls , A Hundred Years of War ( London : Gerald Duckworth , 1953 ) . For the inspiration , see J. Colin , The Transformations of War , trans . L. H. R. Pope - Hennessy ( London : Hugh Rees , 1912 ) . 73.
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The Second Nuclear Age
The author takes issue with the complacent belief that a happy mixture of deterrence, arms control and luck will enable humanity to cope adequately with weapons of mass destruction, arguing that the risks are ever more serious.
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WAR, PEACE AND VICTORY: STRATEGY AND STATECRAFT FOR THE NEXT CENTURY
Few works stand out on the vastly overwritten subject of NATO and nuclear weapons, but see David N. Schwartz, NATO's Nuclear Dilemmas (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1983); and J. Michael Legge, Theater Nuclear Weapons and the ...
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Explorations in Strategy
2 ( January 1978 ) : 167–214 ; and Nicholas J. Wheeler and Ken Booth , “ The Security Dilemma , " in John Baylis and N. J. Rengger ... and David N. Schwartz , NATO's Nuclear Dilemmas ( Washington , DC : Brookings Institution , 1983 ) .
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Strategy and Defence Planning: Meeting the Challenge of Uncertainty
For example, in his magisterial account of the coming of the First World War, historian Christopher Clark attested to the possible value in employing analogy. Somewhat unusually to say the least, he finds merit in understanding of the ...
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The Sheriff: America's Defense of the New World Order
Clark, Ian. The Hierarchy of States: Reform and Resistance in the International Order. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Clark, Wesley K. Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Future of Combat. New York: Public Affairs, ...
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The Practice of Strategy: From Alexander the Great to the Present
Yet, despite the extraordinary variety of the people, circumstances, and motives discussed in this book, there is a strong case for continuity in the application of strategy from the olden days to the present.
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The Navy in the Post-Cold War World: The Uses and Value of Strategic Sea Power
The Navy in the Post-Cold War World: The Uses and Value of Strategic Sea Power
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Seapower and Strategy
This multi-authored volume is an important resource for professionals and students alike who seek information on the use of naval forces in wartime. It breaks new ground in theorizing about...
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The Navy in the Post-Cold War World: The Uses and Value of Strategic Sea Power
The Navy in the Post-Cold War World is the first book to invite the reader to think strategically&—that is, in means-ends terms&—about the navy in the new post-Soviet era.
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The Implications of Preemptive and Preventive War Doctrines: A Reconsideration
The Implications of Preemptive and Preventive War Doctrines: A Reconsideration
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Modern Strategy
Modern Strategy explains how strategic reasoning makes sense of the great complexity of war on land, at sea, in the air, in space and even cyberspace.
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War, Peace and International Relations: An introduction to strategic history
This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated: It is the first one-volume strategic history textbook on the market; It covers all the major wars of the past two centuries; It is up to date and comprehensive, including a new ...
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The Leverage of Sea Power: The Strategic Advantage of Navies in War
"Through colourful and lively historical illustrations as well as strategic theory, Gray shows how sea power, when integrated with land and air power, increases the combatant's opportunities and choices. With...
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War, Peace and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History
Chapter Introduction: Strategic history -- chapter 1 Themes and contexts of strategic history -- chapter 2 Carl von Clausewitz and the theory of war -- chapter 3 From limited war to national war: The French Revolution and the Napoleonic way ...
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War, Peace and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History
This updated and revised second edition of Colin Gray's textbook explores the theory and practice of war and peace in a modern historical context.
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Strategy and History: Essays on Theory and Practice
These essays have been selected both because they had significant messages for contemporary controversies, and because they have some continuing relevance for today and the future.