"Bringing together experts from across the globe to provide a comprehensive introduction to strategic studies, this is the only overview to critically engage with both enduring and contemporary issues that dominate strategy. Throughout the chapters, readers are encouraged to explore key debates and alternative perspectives. A debates feature considers key controversies and presents opposing arguments, helping students to build critical thinking skills and reflect upon a wide range of perspectives. The new edition has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the latest developments in the field of strategic studies. Four new chapters feature in-depth coverage of cyber power and conflict, strategic culture, the evolution of grand strategy in China, and the relationship between military technology and warfare" -- Amazon.

The history of the practice of strategy from antiquity to Napoleon --The evolution of modern warfare -- Strategic theory -- The causes of war and the conditions of peace -- Strategic culture -- Law, politics, and the use of force -- Technology and warfare -- Intelligence and strategy -- Strategy and defence planning -- Irregular warfare : terrorism and insurgency -- The second nuclear age : nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century -- The control of weapons of mass destruction -- Conventional power and contemporary warfare -- Theory and practice of continental warfare -- Humanitarian intervention and peace operations -- The rise of cyberpower -- Geopolitics and grand strategy -- Strategic studies and its critics -- A new agenda for security and strategy? -- The practice of strategy -- Does strategic studies have a future?