Michael Clarke is Professor of Defence Studies and former Director General of the Royal United Services Institute

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Introduction: The Anatomy of Defence Policy
1 Money: The Defence Budget
2 Kit: The Military Equipment
3 Troops and Spooks: People, Intelligence and Special Forces
4 Wars: Military Operations
5 Strategies: Turning Geopolitical Wheels
6 Futures: Not What They Were
Further reading
References
Index

A concise explanation of all the elements that make up current British defence policy as it goes through a major transition to confront the technological and political challenges Britain faces in the coming decade.