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Author: Colin S. Gray (Professor of International Politics and Strategic Studies, Professor of International Politics and Strategic Studies, University of Reading)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.80cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.370kg
ISBN: 9780198778707
ISBN 10: 0198778708
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 04 August 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The book provides a brilliantly insightful picture of how the MOD works, a complex system where the interplay between military officers, politicians and civil servants demands constant consultation and adjustment in the search for consensus ... this book should be read and digested widely. Wing Commander Mal Craghill, RAF Centre for Air Power Studies Reading List an admirable addition to the theory of strategy. Major Nathan K. Finney, Parameters This is an important book, because it raises questions about many of the assumptions and processes on which western defence planning is based. General H.R. McMaster, War, Conflict and the Military
This is an important book, because it raises questions about many of the assumptions and processes on which western defence planning is based. * General H.R. McMaster, War, Conflict and the Military * an admirable addition to the theory of strategy. * Major Nathan K. Finney, Parameters * The book provides a brilliantly insightful picture of how the MOD works, a complex system where the interplay between military officers, politicians and civil servants demands constant consultation and adjustment in the search for consensus . . . this book should be read and digested widely. * Wing Commander Mal Craghill, RAF Centre for Air Power Studies Reading List *
Author Information
Dr Colin S. Gray is a political scientist with broad interests in national security policy, defence policy, strategy, strategic theory, and military history. He was educated at the University of Manchester (B.A. [Econ.] hons.), 1965, and at Lincoln College, Oxford University (D.Phil., International Politics, 1970). He is Professor of International Politics and Strategic Studies, and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies, at the University of Reading, England, and is a Senior Fellow at the National Institute for Public Policy, Fairfax, VA, USA. From 1982 until 1987 Dr Gray held a Presidential appointment when he served on the President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament. In April 1987 he was presented with the Superior Public Service Award by the US Department of the Navy. In 1997-98 he served on the Panel of Experts on the UK Strategic Defence Review. In 2009-10 he was a member of the Defence Advisory Forum for the UK Ministry of Defence.
