Indispensable for anyone attempting to understand that period or the armys thinking in its current efforts to develop future combat systems. Malcolm murfett is a visiting full professor in the department of war studies at. China and the world since 1750 2012 and the cold war. As of 27 july 2007, some 542 field manuals were in use. Cold war strategies of the cold war resource guide. Gods and generals and gone for soldiers both excellent. This article is a list of military strategies and concepts that are commonly recognized and referenced. They provide a wide range of views and differ in both the evidence they provide and their persuasiveness. Military strategy is a set of ideas implemented by military organizations to pursue desired strategic goals. The book was thucydides the peloponnesian war, a history of the 5thcentury bc geopolitical and military contest between athens and sparta, which through the.
The cold war is the name historians use for the mistrust and bad feeling between the communist ussr and its allies, and the usa and its allies after the end of world war ii. It is based on the theory of deterrence, which holds that the threat of using strong weapons. Are we at the crossroads of history as the title of the final chapter of this book. How great leaders make good and terrible military decisions. From the multifront wars in syria and yemen to the iran nuclear deal and the qatar crisis, there has been an active realignment of cold war alliances and geostrategic partnerships that defies our conventional view of the region as shaped primarily by oil, religious politics and the arabisraeli conflict. Both western and eastern blocs competed against each other in building up their military forces as they believed that it was the key to national security.
The eisenhower administration, britain, and singapore 2011 and a number of articles on the cold war in southeast asia, the history of. The cold war marked a new era for americas military, one dominated by nuclear weapons and air power that seemed to diminish the need for conventional forces. Military strategy deals with the planning and conduct of campaigns, the movement. Many of the best war history books are also the oldest. Given the deep historic association between the navies of the two countries and the shared interests in a stable global maritime order, delhi and london can quickly construct an ambitious agenda for regional security cooperation in various subregions of the indopacific, especially. It also observes that security and strategic studies mutually overlapped in the cold war times.
Derived from the greek word strategos, the term strategy, when it appeared in use during the 18th century, was seen in its narrow sense as the art of the general, or the art of arrangement of troops. However, digging further into the book reveals a truly fascinating and comprehensive inspection of everything from air and navy assets, tactics, and weapons to. Attrition warfare a strategy of wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous loss of personnel and. Strategic nonalignment in the cold war nus press, 2017 and. S cholars have already debated for decades, and will debate for centuries, the role u. This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to postcold war military theory for students of strategic studies. In his appraisal of the strategic problems that confronted the postcold war.
The search for a cold war grand strategy united states army command and general staff college. Military strategies are methods of arranging and maneuvering large bodies of military forces during armed conflicts. This collectible paperback edition of the art of war presents sun tzus timeless instructions regarding military strategy and managing conflict in two forms. World war ii created the model war in american mindsa war where we take the gloves off, we win and we come home. Strategic and defence studies centre, australian national university, 2001. Australias policy towards britains end of empire in southeast asia. A military history and over 2 million other books are available for.
To get a better understanding of how the civil war played out as it did, it is helpful to evaluate the strategies of both the north and the south in the civil war the battles and events that took place were not random encounters or skirmishes but were instead, wellplanned and thoughtout strategies to secure supplies, keep lines of military communication open, prevent wide scale. Armys struggles with its identity, structure, and mission in the face of those challenges, showing how it evolved, redefined its mission more than once, and ultimately transformed itself. The art of war by sun tzumore than 2,000 years old and still relevant today, the art of war is a mustread book on military theory and strategy. The early years, 19451958, was published in april 2012 by oxford university press and was awarded both the shulman award and the jervisschroeder award for best book in international relations and history from apsa. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Austria managed to stay out of the spheres of influence created by the two military superpowers, the united states and the soviet union. Us military strategy and the cold war endgame 9780714641171. Joey long is associate professor of history at the national university of singapore and coprincipal investigator on the chasing dragons project. A very short introduction by antulio echevarria ii. To fight you must know and identify your opponents.
Nus press, at the height of the cold war in southeast asia, the foreign relations between the united states and singapore demonstrated the interplay between americas strategy of containment and singapores. While the book was later made into a movie, its wellworth reading if only for the stories of rick rescorla, the platoon leader featured on the cover of the book whose nickname was hard core. He has won the bancroft prze, the michael harrington award, and, for his book the global cold war, the akira iriye international history book award. Homers poetry depicts the trojan wars, while thucydides history of the peloponnesian war is still one of the most gripping dramas ever written. For best book, im going with killer angels by jeff shaara gettysburg the movie was based on this. Army in american strategy during and immediately after the cold war.
In carrs time the league of nations was ineffectual in preventing a return to war in europe. Information on military history and military strategy books written by bevin alexander, including summaries, chapter synopses, indexes, and links to where you may purchase them. Civil military relations in democratising indonesia. United states army field manuals are published by the united states armys army publishing directorate.
At the height of the cold war in southeast asia, the foreign relations between the united states and singapore. Daniel taught courses in asian studies, strategic studies and military history at. He received his phd in history from the university of cambridge. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read us military strategy and the cold war endgame.
Mutually assured destruction mad is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a fullscale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender see preemptive nuclear strike and second strike. List of military strategies and concepts wikipedia. Resilience and the localisation of trauma in aceh, indonesia. They had to identify the opponent, determine the reasons for their fight and battle their own issues. In southeast asia after the cold war, ang cheng guan using carr as. Satoru nakamura, associate professor at graduate school of intercultural studies, kobe university, is a specialist on the history and politics of saudi arabia and security in the gulf. Antulio echevarria ii of the us army war college talks us through key books, both old. Us military strategy and the cold war endgame book, 1995. Britain has been the missing link in indias expansive engagement with key actors in the indopacific.
Hired to fight the persians in 401bce, xenophon had to turn a mercenary band of greeks into a unified group fighting for selfpreservation. Strategy after the cold war summer 2012 4 readings the selected texts were chosen to represent the literature on u. World war ii required a total war strategy similar to that of the previous conflict and once again compelled the united states to forge strong foreign alliances. The top military fiction authors and their best books. Studies uss strategy of containment at the height of the cold war in southeast.
Security dilemma between iran and saudi arabia nus. Studies uss strategy of containment at the height of the cold war in southeast asia and the importance of the uss role in singapores nationbuilding. During this time there was a very real danger of a nuclear war. This second edition has been fully revised and updated, including a new chapter on peacekeeping, and examines contemporary strategic thought on the conduct of war in the sea, land, air, nuclear, space and cyber domains, as well as irregular warfare. Nus press publishing in asia, on asia, for asia and the.
A contemporary history, ang cheng guan is published by national university of singapore press. The follow up books were by his son and excellent as well. The first part contains the art of war in english, without notes or commentary. They contain detailed information and howtos for procedures important to soldiers serving in the field. In this site you will discover more about bevin alexander and his work, plus find a vast array of material on military history and foreign policy, including. Political science class 12 important questions chapter 1. The cold war roots of putins digitalage intelligence strategy russian president vladimir putin would double down on his intelligence services as a means to wield power and influence around. Antulio echevarria ii of the us army war college talks us through key books, both old and new, on military strategy. During this time there was a very real danger of a nuclear war between these two groups of countries.
Singapore offered strategic and public support for us military operations in vietnam beginning from the late 1960s. As the war in vietnam raged on, singapore became a critical refueling point, also providing ship and aircraft repair for the us military. After the war the countrys grand strategy emphasized the containment of communism, which remained a national goal throughout the cold war. The us and its nato allies were caught largely unprepared by the rapid collapse of the warsaw pact, the sudden demise of the soviet union and the reunification of germany events that redrew the map of east central europe and shifted us security concerns eastward in eurasia. An exceptional, indepth analysis of the role played by the u. Us military strategy and the cold war endgame ebook written by stephen j.
Im defining this genre as military history based on real people and activities, with fictitous or loosley based dialogue. As the cold war was about building blocs in europe and military alliances, neutrality represented the anomaly. I served in the far east strategic reserve fesr in the first half of 1967. This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to post cold war military theory for students of strategic studies. The roman empire was built on the back of warfare, and ancient greek and roman writers were some of the most prolific military writers. In a series of contributions to the beyond offset series, i will offer my views on the cold war offset strategy. His most recent major publications include restless empire. The cold war offset strategy discussed here and in other articles from the war on the rocks beyond offset initiative and the associated center for a new american security project is finally receiving the attention it deserves. Mention any two major military features of the cold war. B ritish writer eh carr in his classic text on international relations, the twenty years crisis. A study of singapores post cold war foreign policy, yogjakarta. Texts about military strategy take us back into the mists of time but what it is, and what the nature of war is, remains hotly debated. The transition from the end of the cold war to a new world order is both promising and perilous. Dipping into these books in preparation for meeting you today, there seems to be quite a lot.
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