The fundamental causes of war: -- Defining war / Strategy and war / How history shapes war / The collision of modern and post-modern war / Alliances and war / Brazil, India, and china: emerging powers and warfare / The moral and legal aspects of war: -- Morality and war / The evolving legal aspects of war / Theories on the practice of war: -- The history of grand strategy and the conduct of micro-wars / The strategic object of war / Nuclear deterrence and war / Unconventional forms of war / Terrorism and war / The strategic conduct of war: -- Strategic leadership and war / Intelligence and war / The Pol/Mil interface and war: the French at the beginning of the twenty-first century / Managing war / Non-Western ways of war: -- The Russian way of war: In Crisis? / The Twenty-First Century war: Chinese perspectives / The Japanese way of war / The military conduct of war: -- Military coalitions in war / Military leadership in a changing world / The art of command in the Twenty-First Century: reflections on three commands / Hybrid conflict and the changing nature of actors / Conducting joint operations / Counterinsurgency and war / The role of logistics in war / Land warfare / Maritime warfare and the importance of sea control / Air warfare / Teaching war / Technology, economy, industry, and war: -- The limits of technology in war / Space: a new theatre of war? / Affording war: The British case / Industry and war / Procurement and war / The defence industry in the contemporary global security environment / Civil-military cooperation and war: -- The changing relationship between society and armed forces / Clear, hold and build: operationalizing the comprehensive approach / Building a multilateral civilian surge / War and Society: -- Demography and warfare / Communicating war: the gamekeeper's perspective / Communicating war: the poacher's perspective / Does war have a future?: -- Does war have a future? / The unpredictability of war and its consequences