{"product_id":"the-cambridge-history-of-strategy-volume-2-from-the-napoleonic-wars-to-the-present-hardback-9781108479929","title":"The Cambridge History of Strategy: Volume 2, From the Napoleonic Wars to the Present (Hardback) 9781108479929","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge History of Strategy: Volume 2, From the Napoleonic Wars to the Present\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShowcasing a diverse set of case studies, Volume II focuses on the practice of strategy from 1800 to the present day.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsabelle Duyvesteyn (Edited by), Beatrice Heuser (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108479929, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e608 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.2 x 3.5 cm, 1.1 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'An effective and important contribution … useful for students, military and professionals alike …' James W. E. Smith, The Naval Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVolume II of The Cambridge History of Strategy focuses on the practice of strategy from 1800 to the present day. A team of eminent scholars examine how leaders of states, empires and non-state groups (such as guerrilla forces, rebel groups and terrorists) have attempted to practise strategy in the modern period. With a focus on the actual 'doing' of strategy, the volume aims to understand real-world experiences when ideas about conflict are carried out against a responding and proactive opponent. The case studies and material presented in the volume form an invitation to rethink dominant perspectives in the field of strategic studies. As the case studies demonstrate, strategy is most often not a stylised, premeditated and wilful phenomenon. Rather, it is a product of circumstance and opportunity, both structural and agential, leading to a view of strategy as an ad hoc, if not chaotic, enterprise.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction to Volume II: The practice of strategy Isabelle Duyvesteyn and Beatrice Heuser\u003cbr\u003e 1. The strategies of the Napoleonic Wars Alan Forrest\u003cbr\u003e 2. Guerrilla and nineteenth-century strategies of insurgency Ian Beckett\u003cbr\u003e 3. Russia, 1870–1917 Andrey Pavlov\u003cbr\u003e 4. The American Civil War Donald Stoker\u003cbr\u003e 5. The use of naval power Andrew Lambert\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Russo–Japanese War Rotem Kowner\u003cbr\u003e 7. Chinese strategy 1926-1949 Christopher Yung\u003cbr\u003e 8. First World War Robert Foley\u003cbr\u003e 9. Soviet strategy, 1917–1945 Nikita Lomagin\u003cbr\u003e 10. Air power Frans Osinga\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Second World War in Europe Guillaume Piketty\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Second World War in the Asia–Pacific David Horner\u003cbr\u003e 13. Soviet strategy, 1945–1989 Laurien Crump\u003cbr\u003e 14. People's war and wars of decolonisation Mathilde von Bülow\u003cbr\u003e 15. Nuclear strategies Jeffrey H. Michaels\u003cbr\u003e 16. America's way of war Antulio J. Echevarria II\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Korean War Xiaobing Li\u003cbr\u003e 18. Israel's wars Eitan Shamir and Eado Hecht\u003cbr\u003e 19. The India–Pakistan confrontations Sumit Ganguly\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Yugoslav War, 1991–1999 James Gow\u003cbr\u003e 21. Terrorism and insurgency Colin P. Clarke\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan Jan Angstrom\u003cbr\u003e 23. The three Gulf wars and Iraq Ahmed S. Hashim\u003cbr\u003e 24. China's wars, 1950–2021 Christopher Yung\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion Isabelle Duyvesteyn and Samuel Zilincik.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Military history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Military history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Military%20history%20%5BHBW%5D%22\"\u003eHBW\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501199749400,"sku":"9781108479929","price":99.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108479929i.jpg?v=1786216635","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-history-of-strategy-volume-2-from-the-napoleonic-wars-to-the-present-hardback-9781108479929","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}