Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface ix
5. Editor’s Preface xi
6. Introduction 3
7. The Evolution of Military Strategy and Doctrine
8. Clausewitz and His Influence on U.S. and Canadian Military Doctrine 9
9. The Myth of Manoeuvre Warfare: Attrition in Military History 22
10. Strategy and Technology in Transition: Moltke and the Prussian General Staff 33
11. A Study in Operational Command: Byng and the Canadian Corps 50
12. An Example of Force Development: Tukhachevsky and the Soviet Art of Deep Battle 67
13. The Problem of Army Renewal: Seeckt and the Reichswehr 83
14. Unconventional Warfare
15. Mao Zedong: A Peasant Who Learned from History 105
16. Revolutionary War: The Viet Minh and the First Indo-Chinese War 120
17. Vo Nguyên Giap: A Strategy for Protracted Revolutionary War 135
18. Brown-Water Navies and Counterinsurgency Operations 149
19. Eliminating the Shadows: Applying Counterinsurgency Doctrine to Peacekeeping 168
20. Conflict in the Twenty-First Century
21. Computers and Strategy: It’s the Thought That Counts 181
22. Stealth Technology: A Revolution in Air Warfare? 197
23. Beyond the Line: Strategy in Support of Space Control 213
24. Conventional Arms Control and Intelligence: A Symbiotic Relationship 227
25. The Statistical Study of War: The Relationship between Democracy and War 239
26. The Media and the Conduct of War 255
27. Bibliography 273
28. Contributors 289
29. Index 295