War, Peace and International Relations: an introduction to strategic history/ Colin S. Gray and James J. Wirtz

Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents List of maps List of boxes and tables Preface to the third edition Introduction: strategic history Part I Theory of war 1 Themes and contexts of strategic history 2 Carl von Clausewitz and the theory of war Part II The French and Industrial Revolutions 3 From limited war to national war: the French Revolution and the Napoleonic way of war 4 The nineteenth century, I: a strategic view 5 The nineteenth century, II: technology, warfare and international order Part III World War I and the twenty-year armistice 6 World War I, I: controversies 7 World War I, II: modern warfare 8 The twenty-year armistice, 1919-39 9 The mechanization of war Part IV World War II 10 World War II in Europe, I: the structure and course of total war 11 World War II in Europe, II: understanding the war 12 World War II in Asia-Pacific, I: Japan and the politics of empire 13 World War II in Asia-Pacific, II: strategy and warfare Part V The Cold War 14 The Cold War, I: politics and ideology 15 The Cold War, II: the nuclear revolution Part VI Our contemporary age 16 War and peace after the Cold War: an interwar decade 17 9/11 and the age of terror 18 The age of acceleration and the rise of great power competition Conclusion: war, peace and international order Glossary Bibliography Index