
Defence in a Changing World
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Content
- Cover
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Defence from a Historical Perspective
- 2.1 Nuances of Defence - Examples
- 2.1.1 The Great Wall of China
- 2.1.2 Ancient Greece: The Peloponnesian War
- 2.1.3 Ancient Rome: the Punic Wars and the Limes
- 2.1.4 The Truman Doctrine and Containment
- 2.1.5 The Arab- Israeli Six-Day War
- 2.2 Defence in NATO History
- 2.2.1 Foundation of NATO
- 2.2.2 First Age of NATO
- 2.2.3 Second Age of NATO
- 2.3 Thoughts on Defence in History
- 3 Theories of and Approaches to Defence
- 3.1 Judicial Views on Defence
- 3.1.1 Public International Law
- 3.1.2 Defence in the German 'Grundgesetz'
- 3.1.3 Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution
- 3.1.4 Legality and Legitimacy of Defence
- 3.2 Strategic Concepts and Theories
- 3.2.1 Defence and Deterrence
- 3.2.2 Defence and Resilience
- 3.2.3 The Security Dilemma
- 3.2.4 Political Warfare, Defensive Defence, and Similar Concepts
- 3.2.5 Contest
- 3.3 Strategical Analysis
- 3.3.1 Introduction of the Model
- 3.3.2 Defence in the Strategical Analysis Model
- 4 Defence Today
- 4.1 Key Features of the Current Strategic Environment
- 4.1.1 Behaviour of State Actors
- 4.1.2 Variety of and Interdependencies Between Other Factors
- 4.2 The Third Age of NATO
- 5 Conclusion
- 5.1 Conclusions from History
- 5.2 Conclusions from Theory
- 5.3 To Be, or Not to Be - Defence for NATO Today
- 5.4 Outlook
- 6 Bibliography
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