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Strategy in War and Peace: A Critical Introduction

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A lively introduction to the practical application of strategy in war and peace.

Strategy is a central concept in international security, and one that travels across the academic disciplines of politics, international relations and history. By why is it so important? Aaron Edwards unpacks key strategic episodes from world history and politics to help readers to understand the role of strategy and the scholarly and policy debates surrounding it.

Discover how strategic theory can be used to navigate the complex and uncertain international security environment that we live in today.

Assesses the practical utility of strategy in the modern world and emphasises its analytical value in the practical business of national and international security.
Examines the politics of strategy in times of both war and peace.

Author: Edwards Aaron
Publisher: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pages: 264
ISBN: 9780748683987
Cover: Paperback
Edition Number: 1
Release Year: 2017

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
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?
Conclusion
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography

Aaron Edwards is Senior Lecturer in Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He is author of Mad Mitch’s Tribal Law: Aden and the End of Empire (Mainstream Publishing, 2014), Defending the Realm? The Politics of Britain’s Small Wars since 1945 (Manchester University Press, 2012), A History of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (Manchester University Press, 2009), co-author (with C. McGrattan) of The Northern Ireland Conflict: A Beginner’s Guide (Oneworld Publications, 2010) and co-editor (with S. Bloomer) of Transforming the Peace Process in Northern Ireland (Irish Academic Press, 2008).

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