The New Makers of Modern Strategy

From the Ancient World to the Digital Age

The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern world

The New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key figures who have shaped the theory and practice of war and statecraft throughout the centuries. Featuring entirely new entries by a who’s who of world-class scholars, this new edition provides global, comparative perspectives on strategic thought from antiquity to today, surveying both classical and current themes of strategy while devoting greater attention to the Cold War and post-9/11 eras. The contributors evaluate the timeless requirements of effective strategy while tracing the revolutionary changes that challenge the makers of strategy in the contemporary world. Amid intensifying global disorder, the study of strategy and its history has never been more relevant. The New Makers of Modern Strategy draws vital lessons from history’s most influential strategists, from Thucydides and Sun Zi to Clausewitz, Napoleon, Churchill, Mao, Ben-Gurion, Andrew Marshall, Xi Jinping, and Qassem Soleimani.

With contributions by Dmitry Adamsky, John Bew, Tami Davis Biddle, Hal Brands, Antulio J. Echevarria II, Elizabeth Economy, Charles Edel, Eric S. Edelman, Andrew Ehrhardt, Lawrence Freedman, John Lewis Gaddis, Francis J. Gavin, Christopher J. Griffin, Ahmed S. Hashim, Eric Helleiner, Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, Seth G. Jones, Robert Kagan, Jonathan Kirshner, Matthew Kroenig, James Lacey, Guy Laron, Michael V. Leggiere, Margaret MacMillan, Tanvi Madan, Thomas G. Mahnken, Carter Malkasian, Daniel Marston, John H. Maurer, Walter Russell Mead, Michael Cotey Morgan, Mark Moyar, Williamson Murray, S.C.M. Paine, Sergey Radchenko, Iskander Rehman, Thomas Rid, Joshua Rovner, Priya Satia, Kori Schake, Matt J. Schumann, Brendan Simms, Jason K. Stearns, Hew Strachan, Sue Mi Terry, and Toshi Yoshihara.

Contributor: Williamson Murray (Contributions by), Mark Moyar (Contributions by), Jason K. Stearns (Contributions by), Lawrence Freedman (Contributions by), Brendan Simms (Contributions by), Elizabeth Economy (Contributions by), Charles Edel (Contributions by), Dmitry Adamsky (Contributions by), James Lacey (Contributions by), John Lewis Gaddis (Contributions by), Sarah C. M. Paine (Contributions by), Iskander Rehman (Contributions by), Thomas G. Mahnken (Contributions by), Eric Helleiner (Contributions by), Matthew Kroenig (Contributions by), Guy Laron (Contributions by), John H. Maurer (Contributions by), Matt J. Schumann (Contributions by), Joshua Rovner (Contributions by), Kori Schake (Contributions by), Seth G. Jones (Contributions by), Priya Satia (Contributions by), Hew Strachan (Contributions by), Hal Brands (Edited by), Tanvi Madan (Contributions by), Robert Kagan (Contributions by), Francis Gavin (Contributions by), Walter Russell Mead (Contributions by), Ahmed S. Hashim (Contributions by), Jonathan Kirshner (Contributions by), Carter Malkasian (Contributions by), Eric Edelman (Contributions by), Christopher J. Griffin (Contributions by), Michael Cotey Morgan (Contributions by), Thomas Rid (Contributions by), Wayne Wei-Siang Hsieh (Contributions by), Margaret MacMillan (Contributions by), Daniel Marston (Contributions by), Toshi Yoshihara (Contributions by), Sue Mi Terry (Contributions by), Michael V. Leggiere (Contributions by), John Bew (Contributions by), Andrew Ehrhardt (Contributions by), Antulio Echevarria (Contributions by), Sergey Radchenko (Contributions by), Tami Biddle (Contributions by)

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