Strategy

Study of the consequences of the acquisition by the Russian Federation of French amphibious ships of the Mistral type. Thesis. — Monterey, CA: Naval postgraduate school, 2000. — 152 p. In 2009, Moscow opened negotiations with Paris to purchase the Mistral class amphibious assault ship. In December 2010, Russia indicated that it was prepared to move forward with an agreement to...

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017. — 127 p. An expert examination of the asymmetric strategies that are being pursued today by America's main state-based adversaries, and the implications for the United States. For the United States, asymmetric warfare has emerged as the “new normal.” The large-scale conventional campaigns that typified U.S. military engagements for...

Georgetown University Press, 2018. — 344 p. — ISBN: 1626166234. Military Strategy, Joint Operations, and Airpower will introduce readers to contemporary strategy and the operational level of war, particularly as it relates to airpower. This intermediate textbook was developed as required reading for all US Air Force Academy cadets, and is designed to close the gap between...

Georgetown University Press, 2018. — 344 p. — ISBN: 1626166234. Military Strategy, Joint Operations, and Airpower will introduce readers to contemporary strategy and the operational level of war, particularly as it relates to airpower. This intermediate textbook was developed as required reading for all US Air Force Academy cadets, and is designed to close the gap between...

Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2015. — xv; 184 p. (Assessing the weaknesses of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)) — ISBN: 9780833088307 This research was sponsored by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), which Congress established in 2000 to monitor and report on the economic and national security dimensions of U.S. trade and economic ties with the...

Westport: Praeger, 2000. — 228 p. The author of this study argues that nuclear weapons and the psychology of nuclear deterrence will remain important after 2000, but the character of that importance will change. Advanced technology conventional weapons based on information and electronics become more strategically important. Nuclear History and its Lessons. Limited War in the...

Castalia House, 2015. — 140 p. — ISBN: 9527065542. The Art of War by Sun Tzu and On War by Carl von Clausewitz are known to everyone who studies war.. "Martin van Creveld ranks high among military historians, and given the changes in technology since Napoleonic Times, his work is a necessary supplement to Clausewitz." Jerry Pournelle. The Art of War by Sun Tzu and On War by...

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2009. — 456 p., 34 photos, maps, charts. The planning that allowed for the successful amphibious landings at the end of World War II actually began during the 1880s as the Marine Corps sought to define its role in the new Steel Navy. Officers braved skepticism, indifference and outright opposition to develop an amphibious...

New York: Frank Cass, 2005. XIV, 218 p. — ISBN 0–7146–5605–4, ISBN 0-203-33705-0 Master, e-book ISBN (Print Edition). A stimulating new inquiry into the fundamental truth of strategy - its purpose, place, utility, and value. This new study is animated by a startling realization: the concept of strategic victory must be summarily discarded. This is not to say that victory has no...

New York: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2016. This book offers a multidisciplinary treatment of targeting. It is intended for use by the military, government legal advisers and academics. The book is suitable for use in both military training and educational programs and in Bachelor and Master degree level courses on such topics as War Studies and Strategic Studies. The book first...

Oxford University Press, 2017. — 144 p. Distilling the ideas of the greatest military theoreticians of history, including Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Carl von Clausewitz, Antulio J. Echevarria II presents a fascinating account of the "art of the general". Drawing on historical examples, from Hannibal's war against Rome to Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz, from the Allies'...

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Sponsor: U.S. Department of Defense), Dennis Evans, Barry Hannah, Jonathan Schwalbe. — Laurel, MD, January 2019. — 47 p. Figures Tables Arms-Control Treaties and the Definition of Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons Desirable Characteristics of Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons Current Nuclear Weapons and Regional Imbalances The...

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. — 768 p. In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking, in a consistently engaging and insightful account of how strategy came to pervade every aspect of our lives. The range of Freedman's narrative is extraordinary,...

London: Routledge, 1995. — 283 p. The nine contributors to this volume study the rapid development of airpower during the twentieth century as well as the methodological problems involved in assessing such change.

Westport: Praeger Security International, 2007. - 210 p. Gray presents an inventive treatise on the nature of strategy, war, and peace, organized around forty maxims. This collection of mini-essays will forearm politicians, soldiers, and the attentive general public against many — probably most — fallacies that abound in contemporary debates about war, peace, and security....

Oxford University Press, 2002. — 96 p. Karl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) is considered by many to have been one of the greatest writers on war. His study On War was described by the American strategic thinker Bernard Brodie as "not simply the greatest, but the only great book about war." It is hard to disagree. Even though he wrote his only major work at a time when the range of...

Carlisle: U.S. Army War College Press, Strategic Studies Institute, 2015. — viii; 379 p. — ISBN: 1584876883 This volume is of special relevance today in light of the profound changes occurring within the PLA. I have spent a considerable amount of my professional career in the Western Pacific and, during that time, I’ve seen first-hand the rapid expansion of the size and...

Westview, 2000. — 289 p. — ISBN: 0813397758. Language: English. Keith B. Bickel challenges a host of military and strategic theories that treat particular bureaucratic structures, large organizations, and elites as the progenitors of doctrine. This timely study of how the military draws lessons from interventions focuses on the overlooked role that mid-level combat officers...

London: Routledge, 2016. — 423 p. This new handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the issues facing naval strategy and security in the twenty-first century. Featuring contributions from some of the world’s premier researchers and practitioners in the field of naval strategy and security, this handbook covers naval security issues in diverse regions of the world, from the...

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. - 295 p. Within a variety of historical contexts, The Shaping of Grand Strategy addresses the most important tasks states have confronted: namely, how to protect their citizens against the short-range as well as long-range dangers their polities confront in the present and may confront in the future. To be successful, grand strategy...

L.: Routledge, 2006. - 328 p. John Boyd is often known exclusively for the so-called ‘OODA’ loop model he developed. This model refers to a decision-making process and to the idea that military victory goes to the side that can complete the cycle from observation to action the fastest. This book aims to redress this state of affairs and re-examines John Boyd’s original...

The MITRE Corporation, Federally Funded Strategic Planning Research Center (Sponsor: U.S. European Command), Timothy Thomas, McLean, VA, December 2019. — 84 p. Executive Summaries Russian Lessons Learned in Syria Leader Comments Spetsnaz, Urban, and Private Military Company Operations Weapons Testing Military Art Tactical Changes Due to Combat Experiences Logistics, Engineer,...

Rochester: William Spaniel, 2014. — 162 p. William Spaniel, author of Game Theory 101: The Complete Textbook, returns with a compelling exploration of the origins of war. Using the same crystal clear logic of the Game Theory 101 series, he investigates important questions about war, including: Can two perfectly intelligent, perfectly unbiased leaders still send their countries...

London: Routledge; Taylor & Francis, 2025. — 525 p. The Military Balance has been published since 1959. The 2025 edition provides an open-source assessment of the armed forces and equipment inventories of over 170 countries, with accompanying defense economics data. In addition to detailed country data, The Military Balance includes graphics to illustrate defence personnel,...

Foreign Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, 2015. — 460 p. Russia is a nation that has always been blessed with creative minds, whether it be literary giants like Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Leo Tolstoy, artists such as Peter Carl Faberge, composers such as Pyotr Tchaikovsky, or the military genius of an Aleksander Svechin or Aleksander Suvorov. Russia also has been blessed with the...

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2013. — 297 p. Most wars between countries end quickly and at relatively low cost. The few in which high-intensity fighting continues for years bring about a disproportionate amount of death and suffering. What separates these few unusually long and intense wars from the many conflicts that are far less destructive? In Logics of War, Alex...

Artech House, 2007. — 562 p. — (Artech House Information Warfare Library). — ISBN10: 1596931981. Out-of-print and out of the hands of military professionals for years, Artech House answers the demand, making the sought-after, classic work, Stratagem: Deception and Surprise in War, available once again. This timeless and widely cited volume offers professionals a model and...

Harvard: Harvard University Press. 2012.- 334 p. Today, war is considered a last resort for resolving disagreements. But a day of staged slaughter on the battlefield was once seen as a legitimate means of settling political disputes. James Whitman argues that pitched battle was essentially a trial with a lawful verdict. And when this contained form of battle ceased to exist,...

Washington: Heritage Foundation, 2020. — 536 p. Executive Summary Treating the Pathologies of Victory: Hardening the Nation for Strategic Competition Being Realistic About Strategy Pragmatism, Populism, and How Americans Think About Investing in Defense The Economic Dimension of Great-Power Competition and the Role of Cyber as a Key Strategic Weapon The Competitive Advantages...

New York: Springer, 2015. - 180 p. This book highlights recent advances in the development of effective modeling and solution approaches to enhance the performance of military logistics. It seeks to further research in global defense-related topics, including military operations, governmental operations and security, as well as nation support. Additionally its purpose is to...