Strategy in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Strategic Studies

dc.creator	Abel Esterhuyse
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:37Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:37Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/31-1-149
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/2b8b1011cc13406592b0573c974e526a
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/2b8b1011cc13406592b0573c974e526a
dc.description	At first glance two aspects about the book stands out. Firstly, some of the foremost scholars in the field of strategic and security studies contributed to it. They include Colin Gray, John Baylis, John Garnette, Steven Biddle, Lawrence Freedman and Eliot Cohen. Secondly, this work covers a wide range of topics within the field of strategic studies. As the editors explain, their purpose is "to identify, update, and apply traditional concepts of strategy to an emerging security environment characterized by globalization, the information revolution, the new threats posed by international terrorism, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and a host of ethnic and regional conflict." Although the focus is on the emerging security environment it is clear that allthe contributors followed a very traditional strategic-studies approach in their discussion of these issues, which are considered in historical context by describing the intellectual, military, or political evolution of the topic. This is done in an effort to explain that some of the modem issues are indeed old concepts or even ideas discredited long ago dressedup to meet modem tastes.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/149
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 31, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	security studies
dc.subject	new threats
dc.subject	international terrorism
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dc.subject	ISBN 019878273X
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	Strategy in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Strategic Studies
dc.type	article
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