A Historical Sensibility: Sir Michael Howard and The International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1958-2019

ISBN-13: 9780367495626 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 396 str.

Michael Howard; Benjamin Rhode

Opis

In tribute to Sir Michael Howard (1922–2019) and in celebration of his life and work, this Adelphi book collects a selection of his remarks and writings for IISS publications over six decades.

Spis treści

Introduction. John Chipman CMG, ‘Professor Sir Michael Eliot Howard OM CH CBE MC FBA FRHistS: a tribute’  1. An interview with Sir Michael Howard  2. Present at the Creation  3. Book Reviews: Sociology and the military establishment  4. Book Reviews: Deterrence Or Defence  5. Book Reviews: Helmut Schmidt, Verteidigung oder Vergeltung  6. Letter to the Editor  7. Book Reviews: Beaufre and Aron books  8. Book Reviews: Deterrence Before Hiroshima: The Airpower Background of Modern Strategy  9. Book Reviews: Neither Liberty nor Safety: A Hard Look at US Military Policy and Strategy  10. Israel and the Arab World: The Crisis of 1967  11. The Classical Strategists  12. Obituary: B.H.L.H. 1895–1970  13. Book Reviews: The Roots of War: The Men and Institutions Behind US Foreign Policy  14. Obituary: P. M. S. Blackett  15. Order and Conflict at Sea in the 1980s  16. Letter to the Editor  17. Book Reviews: Offense and Defense in the International System  18. Obituary: Sir John Slessor Marshall of the Royal Air Force  19. Deterrence, Consensus and Reassurance in the Defence of Europe  20. Obituary: Raymond Aron 1905–1983  21. In memoriam: Hedley Bull 1932–1985  22. IISS – The First Thirty Years: A General Overview  23. The remaking of Europe  24. Brodie, Wohlstetter and American nuclear strategy  25. Old Conflicts and New Disorders  26. Lessons of the Cold War  27. When Are Wars Decisive?  28. Are We At War?  29. Review Essay: History, Tragedy and Farce

O autorze

Professor Sir Michael Eliot Howard OM CH CBE MC FBA FRHistS (1922–2019) was a co-founder of The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and latterly its president emeritus. Decorated for bravery in the Second World War, he served as Chichele Professor of the History of War and the Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford; Robert A Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University; and was the founder of the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.