Understanding Military Doctrine

<p>This book puts military doctrine into a wider perspective drawing on military history philosophy and political science. </p> <p>Military doctrines are institutional beliefs about what works in war; given the trauma of 9/11 and the ensuing 'War on Terror' serious divergences over what the message of the 'new' military doctrine ought to be were expected around the world. However such questions are often drowned in ferocious meta-doctrinal disagreements. What<i> is</i> a doctrine after all?</p> <p>This book provides a theoretical understanding of such questions. Divided into three parts the author investigates the historical roots of military doctrine and explores its growth and expansion until the present day and goes on to analyse the main characteristics of a military doctrine. Using a multidisciplinary approach the book concludes that doctrine can be utilized in three key ways: as a tool of command as a tool of change and as a tool of education.</p> <p>This book will be of much interest to students of military studies civil-military relations strategic studies and war studies as well as to students in professional military education.</p>