The Oxford Handbook of War (Oxford Handbooks) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199562938 ISBN 13: 9780199562930

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

The Oxford Handbook on War is the definitive analysis of war in the twenty-first century. With over forty senior authors from academia, government and the armed forces world-wide the Handbook explores the history, theory, ethics and practice of war. It first considers the fundamental causes of war, before reflecting on the moral and legal aspects of war. Theories on the practice of war lead into an analysis of the strategic conduct of war and non Western ways of war. The heart of the Handbook is a compelling analysis of the military conduct of war which is juxtaposed with consideration of technology, economy, industry, and war. In conclusion the volume looks to the future of this apparently perennial feature of human interaction.

About this title

About the Author:

Julian Lindley-French is Eisenhower Professor of Defence Strategy at the Netherlands Defence Academy, and Special Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of Leiden. He is a member of the Atlantic Council of the United States as well as Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House) and Senior Associate Fellow of the Defence Academy of the UK. Lindley-French is Head of the Commander's Initiative Group (CIG) for NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) in which he is leading efforts to operationalize the Comprehensive Approach, as well as a member of the Strategic Advisory Group in Washington.

Yves Boyer is Professor at Ecole polytechnique, teaching "Geopolitics and Strategy," and Deputy Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS) in France. He is also the vice-president of the board of the Comite d'Etude de Defense Nationale, a member of the editorial boards of the Annuaire Francais de Relations Internationales, the Revue de Geoeconomie, and Questions Internationales.

Review:

"The incidence of war and its casualties have dramatically declined in the last thirty years. That, however, is not the perception of a public used to the dramas of 24/7 media coverage of what is still happening on the world's battlefields. Never has it been more timely for a volume like this to appear and to enlighten the global population to the changed and increasingly complex nature of modern warfare."--The Rt Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, KT GCMG FRSE PC, former Secretary General of NATO, and former Secretary of State for Defence in the UK

"This iHandbook is not just timely but an outstanding contribution to the understanding of war at the start of the twenty-first century. As such the iHandbook considers war in the broadest sense at the end of one epoch and the beginning of another."--Bruno Racine, President of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and President of the Board of Directors of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique in Paris

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199562938
• ISBN 13: 9780199562930
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 648
• Editor: Lindley-French Julian, Boyer Yves