STRATEGIC CULTURE AND WAYS OF WAR by Lawrence Sondhaus ( 9780415702140 )

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STRATEGIC CULTURE AND WAYS OF WAR

By:

Lawrence Sondhaus

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Hardback

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0415702143

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9780415702140

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

4 May, 2006

Series:

Cass Military Studies

Pages:

160

Description:

Shows how national strategies to warfare are culturally determined. These ideas have gained acceptance among historians but remain controversial for political scientists, as political scientists have focused on strategic culture and historians on ways of war. This work helps both audiences and provides them with each others ideas.

Synopsis:

A much-needed survey and synopsis of literature on strategic culture and ways of war. It clearly shows how national strategies and approaches to warfare are, to a significant extent, culturally determined. The concept of national 'ways of war' dates from the 1930s, when Basil H. Liddell Hart theorized that there was a 'British Way in Warfare'. The concept of "strategic culture" dates from the 1970s, when Jack Snyder introduced it to explain why leaders of the Soviet Union did not behave according to rational choice theory. These ideas have gained wide acceptance among historians of international politics and warfare, and remain controversial for political scientists seeking general or universal theoretical understanding of such subjects. Because political scientists have focused on strategic culture and historians on ways of war, this work will greatly benefit both audiences and provide each with valuable exposure to the ideas of the other.

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1 black & white tables

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Routledge

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