An Introduction to War Studies

Edited by Michael S. Goodman, Professor of Intelligence and International Affairs, Rachel Kerr, Professor of War and Society and Matthew Moran, Professor of International Security, Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK

Contents:

Foreword xvii
Sir Lawrence Freedman
Preface and acknowledgements xix
1 War studies at King’s College London 1
James Gow, Lawrence Freedman and Rachel Kerr
2 Conflict resolution in deeply divided societies 15
Stacey Gutkowski, Michael Kerr and Craig Larkin
3 Conflict, security and development 36
Mats Berdal
4 History of war 53
Alan James
5 Intelligence and international security 65
Huw Dylan and David Easter
6 International conflict studies: critical perspectives on
conflict and security 78
Vivenne Jabri, Leonie Ansems de Vries, Kiran Phull and
Stephan Engelkamp
7 International peace and security 96
James Gow, Natasha Kuhrt and Maria Varaki
8 International relations and war: complexity,
interdisciplinarity, analytical plurality 110
Pablo de Orellana
9 International relations today: a long list of theories! 124
Mervyn Frost
10 National security studies 136
John Gearson, Hillary Briffa and Joe Devanny
11 Science and international security 153
Hassan Elbahtimy and Filippa Lentzos
12 Strategic communications: shaping a new century 170
Neville Bolt
13 Terrorism, security and society 183
Shiraz Maher and Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens
14 War studies online 198
David Banks, David Easter and Anne-Lucie Norton
15 War studies 208
Jan Willem Honig