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Professor Norman Gibbs spent a good deal of his academic life at Oxford University teaching the history of warfare and illustrating for the benefit of his many students, the severe limitations that have circumscribed the successful and effective application of military power to a wide variety of disputes in the past. The essays in this volume carry on from Gibbs's special interest in teaching Carl Von Clausewitz's On War, noting in particular, Clausewitz's clear understanding of the limits of war as an instrument of policy. The volume is divided into three parts. The first traces the development of military studies at Oxford over more than a century, showing Norman Gibbs' role in the broad context of its development. The second includes essays which suggest additional themes, beyond Clausewitz's suggestions, that provide limitations on military power. The third section contains five case studies from 20th century history which illustrate a wide range of limiting factors.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 War history at Oxford: the study of war history at Oxford, 1862-1990, J.B.Hattendorf. Part 2 Themes on the limitations of military power: alliances and international order, R.J.O'Neill; the military and counterinsurgency, G.K.Tanham; the contribution of the British Civil Service and cabinet secretariat tradition to international prevention and control of war, R.S.Jordan; geography and grand strategy, C.S.Gray. Part 3 Case studies on the limitations of military power: one man you can hang if necessary - the discrete charm of Nevil Macready, C.Townsend; Winston Churchill, Neville Chamberlain and the defence of empire, G.C. Peden; the sea lion that did not roar - operation sea lion and its limitations, J.L.Wallach; old habits die hard - the return of British warships to Chinese waters after the second world war, M.H.Murfett; military power and revolutionary war in Vietnam, W.J.Duiker.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780333524107
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Height: 222 mm
  • Width: 148 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0333524101
  • Publisher Date: /11/1990
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Weight: 455 gr


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