Mladic, R. 230
mobilization 7 8 , 7 8 –9
Mobutu Sese Seko 232
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact 190
Moltke, H. von (Elder) 16, 19–20, 64, 71, 73,
90
Moltke, H. von (Younger) 73
Mombauer, A. 86
moral deficit 150
moral qualities, in military leaders 26
Moran, D. 20
Morse, S. 5 8
Moscow, Battle for 133–4
Mukden Incident 161
multilateralism 274
multinational military operations 225–7
Murray, W. 55, 135
muskets 42
Mussolini, B. 132, 152
mutiny 88 –9
mutual assured destruction (MAD) 213–14,
283
Nagasaki 17 8 , 20 8
Najibullah, M. 236
Napoleon 7, 11, 20, 33, 34–5, 37, 39–4 8 , 70,
133; art of war 39–44; political and
strategic failure 46– 8 ; problems with
Napoleonic way of war and warfare 44–6
Napoleon 68
Napoleon III 71
Napoleonic wars 9, 31, 39–4 8 , 62
national sentiment 46, 62
NATO 192, 202, 224, 226–7, 230, 273
naval disarmament 120–1
navies seesea power
Nazism 106, 109, 270; ideology and
Germany’s defeat in World War II
149–50
‘new terrorism’ 256, 259–61
new wars thesis 227
new world orders 265–75; Cold War order
and the United Nations 271–2; end of the
Cold War and new world disorders 273–4;
9/11 and a hegemonic order 274–5;
Versailles, League of Nations and
collective security 26 8 –71; Vienna and
Concert diplomacy 267– 8
news, transmission of 59
Ney, Marshal 45
Nimitz, Admiral 176
9/11 terrorist attack 219, 235–40, 256, 274–5
Nine-Power Treaty 161
nineteenth century 51–74; implications of the
Industrial Revolution 54–9; politics and
strategic history 69–73; violent century
52–4; weapons and warfare 63–9
Nivelle Offensive 88 –9
Nixon, R. 196, 197
non-violent resistance 255–6
Noriega, M. 222
Normandy landings 13 8
North Africa 152
Norway 130, 152
nuclear energy 54
nuclear fission 20 8 , 209–10
nuclear fusion 209–10
nuclear weapons 55–6, 191–2, 193, 202,
205–1 8 , 261, 272; arms race 1 88 , 216–17;
development 206–9; low-yield 241;
nuclear revolution 209–11; nuclear
strategy 211–16; scientific and
technological feasibility 20 8 ; stockpiles
212
Nye, J.S. 6 8objective 20, 21
objective nature of war 24
Odom, W.E. 214
offensive 20, 21
officer corps, purge of 11 8
Okinawa 17 8
old-style terrorism 259
‘old’ wars 227
operational art 40, 2 83
operations 40, 2 83
optimist-idealists 264
order 265–7; see alsonew world orders
Orlando, V. 100
Ottoman Empire 104, 105
Overy, R.J. 150Pacific: pull of the 173–4; see alsoAsia-
Pacific, World War II in
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) 259
Panama 222
Paris, Pact of (Kellogg–Briand Pact) 29, 107,
161
Parry, J.H. 14 8
passion and enmity 24–5302 Index