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This edited volume focuses on civil-military relations before and
during great power conflicts, and comprises historical case studies
of modern supreme leadership. It aims to provide a guide for the
future by shining a light on what worked and what failed in the
civil-military relationships that steered great powers during the
last era of rapid global change. While future civil-military
relationships will have to adapt to the current global environment,
the past remains, as always, a prelude. Thus, crucial concepts that
underpin all such relationships are eternal and are waiting to be
drawn out by historians trained to examine and present them to
those who can put them to immediate good use. This volume
demonstrates the relevance of history in every chapter, as readers
will see parallels to today’s problems throughout every case
study. The world is entering an age of great challenges, many of
which require nations - particularly the most powerful - to
establish civil-military relationships capable of navigating
dangerous currents without a repeat of the calamities reminiscent
of the last century. Each chapter focuses on a particular
civil-military relationship as it developed before and during a
great war. The editors have gathered leading experts on each of
these periods to produce a concise but thorough essay on each
relationship's intricacies. This book will be of much interest to
students of military and strategic studies, military history and
International Relations, as well as professional miliary colleges
and policymakers.
From the legendary antagonism between Athens and Sparta during the
Peloponnesian War to the Napoleonic Wars and the two World Wars of
the twentieth century, the past is littered with long-term
strategic rivalries. History tells us that such enduring rivalries
can end in one of three ways: a series of exhausting conflicts in
which one side eventually prevails, as in the case of the Punic
Wars between ancient Rome and Carthage, a peaceful and hopefully
orderly transition, like the rivalry between Great Britain and the
United States at the turn of the twentieth century, or a one-sided
collapse, such as the conclusion of the Cold War with the fall of
the Soviet Union. However, in spite of a wealth of historical
examples, the future of state rivalries remains a matter of
conjecture. Great Strategic Rivalries explores the causes and
implications of past strategic rivalries, revealing lessons for the
current geopolitical landscape. Each chapter offers an accessible
narrative of a historically significant rivalry, comprehensively
covering the political, diplomatic, economic, and military
dimensions of its history. Featuring original essays by world-class
historians-including Barry Strauss, Geoffrey Parker, Williamson
Murray, and Geoffrey Wawro-this collection provides an in-depth
look at how interstate relations develop into often violent
rivalries and how these are ultimately resolved. Much more than an
engaging history, Great Strategic Rivalries contains valuable
insight into current conflicts around the globe for policymakers
and policy watchers alike.
This edited volume focuses on civil-military relations before and
during great power conflicts, and comprises historical case studies
of modern supreme leadership. It aims to provide a guide for the
future by shining a light on what worked and what failed in the
civil-military relationships that steered great powers during the
last era of rapid global change. While future civil-military
relationships will have to adapt to the current global environment,
the past remains, as always, a prelude. Thus, crucial concepts that
underpin all such relationships are eternal and are waiting to be
drawn out by historians trained to examine and present them to
those who can put them to immediate good use. This volume
demonstrates the relevance of history in every chapter, as readers
will see parallels to today’s problems throughout every case
study. The world is entering an age of great challenges, many of
which require nations - particularly the most powerful - to
establish civil-military relationships capable of navigating
dangerous currents without a repeat of the calamities reminiscent
of the last century. Each chapter focuses on a particular
civil-military relationship as it developed before and during a
great war. The editors have gathered leading experts on each of
these periods to produce a concise but thorough essay on each
relationship's intricacies. This book will be of much interest to
students of military and strategic studies, military history and
International Relations, as well as professional miliary colleges
and policymakers.
The first work to lay out Roman strategic thinking from its start
under Augustus until its final demise in 476 CE From Octavian's
victory at Actium (31 bc) to its traditional endpoint in the West
(476), the Roman Empire lasted a solid 500 years-an impressive
number by any standard, and fully one-fifth of all recorded
history. In fact, the decline and final collapse of the Roman
Empire took longer than most other empires even existed. Any
historian trying to unearth the grand strategy of the Roman Empire
must, therefore, always remain cognizant of the time scale, in
which she is dealing. Although the pace of change in the Roman era
never approached that of the modern era, it was not an empire in
stasis. While the visible trappings may have changed little, the
challenges Rome faced at its end were vastly different than those
faced by Augustus and the Julio-Claudians. Over the centuries, the
Empire's underlying economy, political arrangements, military
affairs, and, most importantly, the myriad of external threats it
faced were in constant flux, making adaptability to changing
circumstances as important to Roman strategists as it is to
strategists of the modern era. Yet the very idea of Rome having a
grand strategy, or what it might be, had not concerned historians
until Edward Luttwak's The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire
appeared forty years ago. Although this pioneering work generated
much debate, it failed to win over many ancient historians, in part
because of its heavy emphasis on military force and its neglect of
considerations of diplomacy, economics, politics, culture, and the
changing nature of the threats that confronted Rome. By employing
an expansive definition of strategy and by focusing much of the
narrative on crucial historical moments and the personalities
involved, James Lacey provides a comprehensive, persuasive, and
engaging account of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. It
assimilates the most recent work of classical historians and
archaeologists to correct the flaws and omissions of previous
accounts, thus presenting the most complete and nuanced narrative
of Roman strategic thinking and execution ever published.
cCicero once pointed out that the crucial sinew of war is, and
always has been, "endless streams of money." Wars throughout
history have been waged for only as long as the money has held out.
If silver and gold continued to pour forth from a state's treasury,
then a ruler or government could tap a never-ending supply of
soldiers and war materiel. However, soon after the supply of coin
was expended, armies began to vanish and sources of supply would
dry up. Only when new methods of providing long-term finances
started to evolve, first in the Netherlands and soon thereafter
through the Bank of England, do we begin to witness progress toward
a financial revolution that was still evolving at the start of the
20th century. By World War II, however, this process was complete.
For the first time in recorded history, a major war was fought
where the manpower and productive capacity of states was exhausted
before any major state's finances gave out.
I am a teacher. At least, I was before it all happened, before I
was forced to survive. I taught social studies at the high school.
I was also the coach of the school's successful debate team. It was
a cold Saturday in January when I heard the first rumor of
trouble... You know, pop culture had defined the zombie apocalypse
time and time again, all coming from the minds of horror writers,
film producers, and video game designers. Who knew that when it
really happened, it wouldn't be anything like they all predicted.
Oh sure, the dead reanimated, and they were certainly hungry for
living flesh... but what were the mysterious red-eyes, zombies that
moved faster than their stumbling counterparts and seemed to not
only communicate, but to exert some kind of control over the
others. More than that, though, strange things were beginning to
happen to me. My body was changing, and I hadn't been infected - at
least, one of those creatures hadn't bitten or scratched me. A high
school social studies teacher might be the least likely survivor of
the end of the world, but it was becoming increasingly apparent
that if I was going to save my girlfriend and myself, I was going
to have a fight on my hands. It seemed that at the end of
civilization, the living could be just as dangerous as the dead...
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++++ Vincent Earl's Atonement William James Lacey
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may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
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believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
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++++ Who Was Guilty? William James Lacey Sunday School Union, 1888
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have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
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hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
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hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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