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In Defence of Naval Supremacy

Finance, Technology, and British Naval Policy, 1889-1914

By: Jon Tetsuro Sumida

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In Defence of Naval Supremacy

Finance, Technology, and British Naval Policy, 1889-1914

By: Jon Tetsuro Sumida

In his groundbreaking work, In Defence of Naval Supremacy, Sumida presents a provocative and authoritative revisionist history of the origins, nature and consequences of the "Dreadnought Revolution" of 1906. Based on intensive and extensive archival research, the book strives to explain vital financial and technical matters which enable readers to observe the complex interplay of fiscal, technical, strategic, and personal factors that shaped the course of British naval decision-making during the critical quarter century that preceded the outbreak of the First World War.

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Naval Institute Press

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1612514812

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Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command

The Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered

By: Jon Tetsuro Sumida

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Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command

The Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered

By: Jon Tetsuro Sumida

Between 1890 and 1913, Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan published a series of books on naval warfare in the age of sail, which established his reputation as the founder of modern strategic history. The author of this work argues that Mahan has been misunderstood and reconsiders his works.

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Woodrow Wilson Center Press

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0801863406

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9780801863400

Decoding Clausewitz

A New Approach to On War

By: Jon Tetsuro Sumida

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Decoding Clausewitz

A New Approach to On War

By: Jon Tetsuro Sumida

For nearly two centuries, On War, by Carl Phillip Gottfried von Clausewitz (1780-1831), has been the bible for statesmen and military professionals, strategists, theorists, and historians concerned about armed conflict. The source of the famous aphorism that "war is an extension of politics by other means," it has been widely read and debated. But, as Jon Sumida shows in this daring new look at Clausewitz's magnum opus, its full meaning has eluded most readers-until now. Approaching Clausewitz's classic as if it were an encoded text, Sumida deciphers this cryptic masterwork and offers a more productive way of looking at the sources and evolution of its author's thought. Sumida argues that On War should be viewed as far more complete and coherent than has been supposed. Moreover, he challenges the notion that On War is an attempt to explain the nature of armed conflict through the formulation of abstract theories. Clausewitz's primary concern, Sumida contends, was practical instruction of the military and political leadership of his country. To achieve this end, Clausewitz invented a method of reenacting the psychological difficulties of high command in order to promote the powers of intuition that he believed were essential to effective strategic decision-making. In addition, Sumida argues that Clausewitz's primary strategic proposition is that the defense is a stronger form of war than the offense. This concept, Sumida maintains, must be understood in order to make sense of Clausewitz's positions on absolute and real war, guerrilla warfare, and the relationship of war and policy/politics. Sumida's pathbreaking critique is supported by examination of the Prussian officer's experience during the Napoleonic Wars, previous major theoretical and historical scholarship on Clausewitz and his writing, and modern philosophical and scientific works that have much in common with Clausewitz's creative guide to the consideration of strategic practice. A major study of intellectual and military history, Sumida's book provides a provocative and above all readily comprehensible treatment of a previously inaccessible classic. It will surely become essential reading for all military professionals and serious students of military thought.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700618198

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In Defence of Naval Supremacy

Finance, Technology, and British Naval Policy, 1889-1914

By: Jon Tetsuro Sumida

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Finance, Technology, and British Naval Policy, 1889-1914

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Decoding Clausewitz

A New Approach to On War

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A New Approach to On War

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Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command

The Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered

By: Jon Tetsuro Sumida

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The Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered

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Information Technology and Military Power

By: Jon R. Lindsay

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Information Technology and Military Power

By: Jon R. Lindsay

Militaries with state-of-the-art information technology sometimes bog down in confusing conflicts. To understand why, it is important to understand the micro-foundations of military power in the information age, and this is exactly what Jon R. Lindsay's Information Technology and Military Power gives us. As Lindsay shows, digital systems now mediate almost every effort to gather, store, display, analyze, and communicate information in military organizations. He highlights how personnel now struggle with their own information systems as much as with the enemy. Throughout this foray into networked technology in military operations, we see how information practice—the ways in which practitioners use technology in actual operations—shapes the effectiveness of military performance. The quality of information practice depends on the interaction between strategic problems and organizational solutions. Information Technology and Military Power explores information practice through a series of detailed historical cases and ethnographic studies of military organizations at war. Lindsay explains why the US military, despite all its technological advantages, has struggled for so long in unconventional conflicts against weaker adversaries. This same perspective suggests that the US retains important advantages against advanced competitors like China that are less prepared to cope with the complexity of information systems in wartime. Lindsay argues convincingly that a better understanding of how personnel actually use technology can inform the design of command and control, improve the net assessment of military power, and promote reforms to improve military performance. Warfighting problems and technical solutions keep on changing, but information practice is always stuck in between.

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Cornell University Press

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1501749579

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Elements of Deterrence

Strategy, Technology, and Complexity in Global Politics

By: Erik Gartzke,Jon R. Lindsay

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Elements of Deterrence

Strategy, Technology, and Complexity in Global Politics

By: Erik Gartzke,Jon R. Lindsay

Global politics in the twenty-first century is complicated by dense economic interdependence, rapid technological innovation, and fierce security competition. How should governments formulate grand strategy in this complex environment? Many strategists look to deterrence as the answer, but how much can we expect of deterrence? Classical deterrence theory developed in response to the nuclear threats of the Cold War, but strategists since have applied it to a variety of threats in the land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains. If war is the continuation of politics by other means, then the diversity of technologies in modern war suggests a diversity of political effects. Some military forces or postures are most useful for "winning" various kinds of wars. Others are effective for "warning" adversaries of consequences or demonstrating resolve. Still others may accomplish these goals at lower political cost, or with greater strategic stability. Deterrence is not a simple strategy, therefore, but a complex relationship between many ends and many means. This book presents findings from a decade-long research program on "cross-domain deterrence." Through a series of theoretical and empirical studies, we explore fundamental trade-offs that have always been implicit in practice but have yet to be synthesized into a general theory of deterrence. Gartzke and Lindsay integrate newly revised and updated versions of published work alongside new work into a holistic framework for understanding how deterrence works--or fails to work--in multiple domains. Their findings show that in deterrence, all good things do not go together.

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Oxford University Press

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0197754449

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In Defence of Naval Supremacy

In Defence of Naval Supremacy

Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command

Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command

Decoding Clausewitz

Decoding Clausewitz

In Defence of Naval Supremacy

In Defence of Naval Supremacy

Decoding Clausewitz

Decoding Clausewitz

Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command

Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command

Information Technology and Military Power

Information Technology and Military Power

Elements of Deterrence

Elements of Deterrence

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