40 years of the Adelphi Papers: Strategic and International Relations in the Cold War and Post Cold War Worlds [Hardcover]

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Hardcover: 19206 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (May 18 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415450799
ISBN-13: 978-0415450799
Product Dimensions: 61 x 42.2 x 38.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 34 Kg

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Complete set

Since 1961 the Adelphi Papers have provided some of the most informed accounts of international and strategic relations. Produced by the world renowned International Institute of Strategic Studies, each paper provides a short account of a subject of topical interest by a leading military figure, policymaker or academic. The project reprints the first forty years of papers, arranged into thematic sets.

The collection as a whole provides a rich and insightful account of international affairs during a period which spans the second half of the Cold War, the fall of the communist bloc and the emergence of a new regime with the United States as the sole superpower.

There is a wealth of global coverage:

Four volumes on east and southeast Asia as well as individual volumes on China, Japan and Korea.

Particular attention is given to the Middle East, with volumes addressing internal sources of instability; geo-politics and the role of the superpowers; the Israel-Palestine conflict; and the Iran-Iraq War and the first Gulf War. There is also a volume on oil and insecurity.

There are also two volumes on Africa, the site of most of the world’s wars during the period.

The IISS has obviously made a particular contribution to the understanding of military strategy, and this is reflected with material on topics such as urban and guerrilla warfare, nuclear deterrence and the role of information in modern warfare. Volumes on military strategy are complemented by approaches from other disciplines, such as defence economics.