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Since the end of the Cold War, the use of military power in a multpolar world has become increasingly complicated. Strategy, operational conduct, and technology have become key issues in the debate over the role of the military. Contributors to this volume analyze the ways in which the Forces are deployed, despite the fact that their essential purpose, to fulfill policy, remains the same.
Drawing upon a wide range of interviews with many of the key actors, Andrew Dorman examines how defense policy was formulated and implemented during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. This period witnessed major transformations in international and domestic politics, with defense emerging from its traditional postwar position of relative insignificance to become one of the key issues at the 1983 and 1987 general elections. Dorman provides a new understanding of policymaking by analyzing defense policy in terms of three constituent parts: declaratory policy; military strategy and procurement policy.
The end of the Cold War has affected debates about maritime
strategy, doctrine, operations and technology. What has emerged is
an intellectual reconsideration of the theory and practice of
maritime power. This volume focuses on the implications for western
navies of shifts in strategic thinking, maritime doctrine,
technology and naval roles.
Drawing upon a wide range of interviews with many of the key
actors, Andrew Dorman examines how defence policy was formulated
and implemented during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. This
period witnessed major transformations in international and
domestic politics, with defence emerging from its traditional
postwar position of relative insignificance to become one of the
key issues at the 1983 and 1987 general elections. Dorman provides
a new understanding of policymaking by analysing defence policy in
terms of three constituent parts: declaratory policy; military
strategy and procurement policy.
With the end of the Cold War, perceptions of the role of armed
forces in the international environment changed dramatically and
have led to a critical re-evaluation of defence budgets, defence
bureaucracies and defence roles. The Changing Face of Military
Power brings together some of the most eminent scholars in the
field of defence studies to assess the changing dynamics of
military power. It focuses in particular on the move towards joint
service cooperation as a way of minimising costs and increasing
efficiency.
The end of the Cold War has affected debates about maritime
strategy, doctrine, operations and technology. What has emerged is
an intellectual reconsideration of the theory and practise of
maritime power. This volume addresses these themes in a systematic
and over-arching way, and brings together contributions from
internationally renowned scholars. It focuses on the implications
for western navies of shifts in strategic thinking, maritime
doctrine, technology and naval roles.
No one seriously interested in the character of public knowledge
and the quality of debate over American alliances can afford to
ignore the complex link between press and policy and the ways in
which mainstream journalism in the U.S. portrays a Third World
ally. The case of Iran offers a particularly rich view of these
dynamics and suggests that the press is far from fulfilling the
watchdog role assigned it in democratic theory and popular
imagination.
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