This is a broad ranging reader in the growing subject of War Studies. It
includes respected contributors, with each chapter set out clearly and with
contextual background. War Studies is an increasingly popular subject at degree,
masters and doctorate level, as well as aspects of it being taught at A level.
Here at last is a subject reader that will provide authoritative and thought
provoking pieces of scholarship in an accessible form. Topics covered include
Strategic Theory and the History of War (Daniel Moran), The Uses and Abuses of
Clausewitz (Eric Alterman), Victory Misunderstood: what the Gulf War Tells Us
About the Future of Conflict (Stephen Biddle),