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Strategic Thinking : An Introduction and Farewell / Philip Windsor; ed. by Spyros Economides, Mats Berdal.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: IISS Studies in International SecurityPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (199 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781588260482
  • 9781685855123
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 The Autonomy of Strategy in the Nuclear Age -- 2 The Just War -- 3 The Legal Tradition -- 4 The Political Context of Strategy: Clausewitz -- 5 The Transformation of War -- 6 The Evolution of Strategic Thinking: Stage One -- 7 The Evolution of Strategic Thinking: Stage Two -- 8 The Evolution of Strategic Thinking: Stage Three -- 9 Patterns of Soviet Strategic Thought -- 10 Alliances -- 11 Arms Control -- 12 War All the Same -- 13 Guerrilla -- 14 The Rationality and Ethics of Nuclear Deterrence -- 15 Beyond the Cold War -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: In this, his final book, Philip Windsor explores the emergence, meaning, and significance of the Cold War mentality. Tracing the evolution of strategic thinking from its origins in medieval Europe to the demise of the Cold War, he considers the peculiar character and autonomy that strategy acquired in the nuclear age. Windsor is concerned with changes in our understanding of war and strategy—changes, he argues, that resulted less from technological innovation per se than from the combined effects of technological, social, and political transformations. This process culminated in the nuclear age, when strategic thinking became "self-referring and self-legitimating" and strategic considerations emerged as "the decisive force in the conduct of the politics of states and blocs." Strategic Thinking addresses many of the themes that preoccupied Windsor throughout his academic career and on which his reflections threw such penetrating light: Soviet strategic thought, arms control, the role of alliances, the guerrilla phenomenon, and the rationality and ethics of nuclear deterrence. The final chapter explores the implications of the end of the Cold War for the future of strategic studies.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 The Autonomy of Strategy in the Nuclear Age -- 2 The Just War -- 3 The Legal Tradition -- 4 The Political Context of Strategy: Clausewitz -- 5 The Transformation of War -- 6 The Evolution of Strategic Thinking: Stage One -- 7 The Evolution of Strategic Thinking: Stage Two -- 8 The Evolution of Strategic Thinking: Stage Three -- 9 Patterns of Soviet Strategic Thought -- 10 Alliances -- 11 Arms Control -- 12 War All the Same -- 13 Guerrilla -- 14 The Rationality and Ethics of Nuclear Deterrence -- 15 Beyond the Cold War -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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In this, his final book, Philip Windsor explores the emergence, meaning, and significance of the Cold War mentality. Tracing the evolution of strategic thinking from its origins in medieval Europe to the demise of the Cold War, he considers the peculiar character and autonomy that strategy acquired in the nuclear age. Windsor is concerned with changes in our understanding of war and strategy—changes, he argues, that resulted less from technological innovation per se than from the combined effects of technological, social, and political transformations. This process culminated in the nuclear age, when strategic thinking became "self-referring and self-legitimating" and strategic considerations emerged as "the decisive force in the conduct of the politics of states and blocs." Strategic Thinking addresses many of the themes that preoccupied Windsor throughout his academic career and on which his reflections threw such penetrating light: Soviet strategic thought, arms control, the role of alliances, the guerrilla phenomenon, and the rationality and ethics of nuclear deterrence. The final chapter explores the implications of the end of the Cold War for the future of strategic studies.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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