Modern Strategy explains how strategic reasoning makes sense of the great complexity of war on land, at sea, in the air, in space, and even 'cyberspace'. Uniquely, this book shows how strategy works in all geographical environments and with all kinds of weapons. The first comprehensive account of all aspects of modern strategy since the Cold War ended, this book will be essential reading for all students of modern strategy and security studies.

• Introduction: The Expanding Universe of Strategy


• The Dimensions of Strategy


• Strategy, Politics, Ethics


• Strategist's Toolkit: The Clausewitzian Legacy


• The Poverty of Modern Strategic Thought


• Strategic Culture as Context


• Windows on War


• Patterns in Strategic Experience


• The Grammar of Strategy I: Terrestrial Action


• The Grammar of Strategy II: Altitude and Electrons


• Small Wars and other Savage Violence


• Second Thoughts on Nuclear Weapons


• Nuclear Weapons in Stategic History


• Strategy Eternal

Colin Gray is Professor of International Politics and Director of the Centre for Security Studies at the University of Hull. He is the author of numerous books on strategy, including The Navy in the Post-Cold War World: The Uses and Value of Strategic Sea (1994), Explorations in Strategy (2nd edn, 1998), and The Second Nuclear Age (forthcoming 1999).