Politics and International Relations 2011 (UK) - Routledge

strAtegic
studies
ForthcomiNg
Intelligence and Politics
An Introduction
Philip davies, Brunel University, UK
This book is the first introduction to the key concepts
and issues in intelligence for students. It covers general
ideas, methods, problems and debates in the field, and
takes a global perspective, using examples from a range
of national intelligence systems. The book is divided into
three key areas: intelligence itself, the role of intelligence
in government, and political issues and debates
surrounding intelligence.
Selected Contents: Introduction. Introduction for Course
Convenors 1. What is Intelligence? The Elements of
Intelligence 2. Collection: Sources and Methods
3. Counter-Intelligence: Protecting Intelligence 4. Covert
Action: War by Other Means 5. Analysis and Estimates:
Putting the Pieces Together 6. Requirements and Priorities:
The Need to Know Intelligence in Government
7. Intelligence and Policy: The Producer-Consumer Interface
8. The Intelligence Community: Coordination and Integration
9. Causes of Intelligence Failure: Why it Goes Wrong
10. Defence Support: Information for Combat 11. Police
Intelligence: Information for Law Enforcement Intelligence
and Politics 12. Ethics and Intelligence 13. Intelligence and
Democracy I: Surveillance and Civil Liberties 14. Intelligence
and Democracy II: Accountability and Oversight
15. Intelligence and Democracy III: Proportionality and the
Law 16. Intelligence in Non-Democratic States: Espionage
and Regime Security
September 2011: 246 x 174: 224pp
Hb: 978-0-415-42869-9: £90.00
Pb: 978-0-415-42868-2: £23.99
For more information, visit:
www.routledge.com/9780415428682
ForthcomiNg
Modern Strategy
An Introduction
Elinor Sloan, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
This book provides a coherent, integrated introductory
textbook on post-Cold War strategic theory for
upper-level students seeking an initial understanding of
strategic studies.
Dramatic changes and developments in the international
security environment over the past decade and a half
have created the need to examine the ideas of more
contemporary strategic thinkers, and to revise the key
textbooks of strategic thought. This book examines
modern strategic thought, with a focus on the post-Cold
War period.
Selected Contents: Introduction: Strategy and Strategic
Thought 1. Sea Power 2. Land Power 3. Air Power 4. Joint
Theory 5. Nuclear Power and Deterrence 6. Space
7. Irregular Warfare & Counterinsurgency 8. Asymmetric
Warfare. Conclusion. Select Bibliography
December 2011: 246 x 174: 240pp
Hb: 978-0-415-77770-4: £90.00
Pb: 978-0-415-77771-1: £23.99
For more information, visit:
www.routledge.com/9780415777711
2nd edition
Seapower
A Guide for the Twenty-First Century
Geoffrey Till, Joint Services Command and Staff
College / Defence Studies, Kings College London, UK
Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
Praise for the First Edition:
’An extensive array of
information collated with
skilful insight and incisive
scholarship. A definitive
study of the role of
seapower, past, present and
future’ - Parliamentary
Maritime Review
’A landmark work.
Seapower: A Guide for the
Twenty-First Century
delivers gloriously what it promises in its sub-title.
... Till’s excellent book will dominate maritime
reading lists for years to come.’ – Colin S. Gray, RUSI
Journal
’In all, Seapower is very probably the best single
work on sea power and maritime strategy to have
been published for many years.’ - Journal of the
Australian Naval Institute
This updated and expanded new edition of Geoffrey
Till’s acclaimed book is an essential guide for students of
naval history and maritime strategy, and anyone
interested in the changing and crucial role of seapower
in the 21st century.
Selected Contents: Foreword Admiral Sir Jonathon Band
KCB ADC 1. Seapower in a Globalised World - Two
Tendencies 2. Defining Seapower 3. Who Said What and
Why It Matters 4. The Constituents of Maritime Power
5. Navies and Technology 6. Command of the Sea and Sea
Control 7. Securing Command of the Sea 8. Exploiting
Command of the Sea 9. Expeditionary Operations 10. Naval
Diplomacy 11. Good Order at Sea 12. Theory and Practice:
The Asia-Pacific Region: A Case Study 13. Conclusions?
2009: 246 x 174: 432pp
Hb: 978-0-415-48088-8: £95.00
Pb: 978-0-415-48089-5: £28.99
eBook: 978-0-203-88048-7
For more information, visit:
www.routledge.com/9780415480895
3rd edition
Masters of War
Classical Strategic Thought
Michael I. Handel
2000: 234 x 156: 512pp
Hb: 978-0-7146-5091-3: £100.00
Pb: 978-0-7146-8132-0: £28.99
eBook: 978-0-203-01774-6
For more information, visit:
www.routledge.com/9780714681320
Browse and order online: www.routledge.com/politics
strAtegic studies
ForthcomiNg
understanding
Contemporary Strategy
Thomas M. Kane and david J. Lonsdale, both at
University of Hull, UK
This new co-authored textbook explains and describes
the key intellectual debates around military strategy in
the early twenty-first century. The book emphasizes the
connections between military operations and broader
issues of national policy, and focuses on how current
issues such as terrorism, insurgency, nuclear
proliferation, information technology and American
superiority in conventional military power challenge –
and reaffirm – assumptions about modern warfare
established during the global conflicts of the twentieth
century.
Selected Contents: 1. What is Strategy? An Introduction
2. Twentieth Century Land Warfare 3. Emerging Military
Technology: Evolution or Revolution? 4. Insurgency 5. Once
and Future Terrorism 6. Nuclear Weapons in the Twenty-First
Century 7. War at Sea 8. Strategic Air Warfare 9. War in
Space 10. The Intelligence Services 11. Why People Fight
12. Grand Strategy in the Twenty-First Century
13. Conclusion. Select Bibliography
August 2011: 246 x 174: 240pp
Hb: 978-0-415-46166-5: £90.00
Pb: 978-0-415-46167-2: £23.99
For more information, visit:
www.routledge.com/9780415461672
Strategic Studies
A Reader
Edited by Thomas Mahnken, Johns Hopkins
University, Washington DC, USA and
Joseph A. Maiolo, King’s College, University of
London, UK
This new Reader brings
together key essays on strategic
theory by some of the leading
contributors in the field. It
guides students through both
the theoretical and practical
aspects of Strategic Studies, and
includes both classic essays and
works of contemporary
scholarship.
Selected Contents: Part 1: The
Uses of Strategic Theory
Part 2: Interpretation of the
Classics Part 3: Instruments of War: Land, Sea, and Air
Power Part 4: Nuclear Strategy Part 5: Irregular Warfare and
Small Wars Part 6: Future Warfare, Future Strategy
2008: 246 x 174: 464pp
Hb: 978-0-415-77221-1: £100.00
Pb: 978-0-415-77222-8: £27.99
eBook: 978-0-203-92846-2
For more information, visit:
www.routledge.com/9780415772228
63