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Lawrence Freedman's Degrees

PhD War Studies King's College London
Masters War Studies King's College London

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According to Wikipedia, Sir Lawrence David Freedman, is a British academic, historian and author specialising in foreign policy, international relations and strategy. He has been described as the "dean of British strategic studies" and was a member of the Iraq Inquiry. He is an Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London.

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Strategy: A History (2013) (333)
The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy (1982) (309)
Kennedy's Wars: Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam (2000) (108)
Worlds in Collision: Terror and the Future of Global Order (2002) (106)
Ukraine and the Art of Limited War (2014) (105)
The Revolution in Strategic Affairs (1998) (101)
The changing forms of military conflict (1998) (81)
Insurgents, Terrorists, and Militias: The Warriors of Contemporary Combat (2006) (74)
The Transformation of Strategic Affairs (2017) (71)
International Security: Changing Targets (1998) (69)
War in Iraq: Selling the Threat (2004) (66)
Britain and Nuclear Weapons (1980) (65)
Strategic coercion: concepts and cases (1998) (63)
Ukraine and the Art of Crisis Management (2014) (62)
Victims and victors: reflections on the Kosovo War (2000) (53)
Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Identify, Bury, and Honor Our Military Fallen (2005) (45)
The age of liberal wars (2005) (44)
Terrorism as a Strategy (2007) (42)
Strategy for a Pandemic: The UK and COVID-19 (2020) (37)
The Gulf war and the new world order (1991) (36)
25. The First Two Generations of Nuclear Strategists (1986) (35)
Kosovo and the Challenge of Humanitarian Intervention: Selective Indignation, Collective Action, and International Citizenship (2000) (34)
Military intervention in European conflicts (1994) (32)
Asymmetrical Warfare: Today's Challenge to U.S. Military Power (2003) (30)
Ukraine and the Art of Exhaustion (2015) (30)
The politics of warning: Terrorism and risk communication (2005) (30)
Six days of war - June 1967 and the making of the modern Middle East (2002) (30)
Race to the swift (1995) (29)
A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East (2008) (28)
Superterrorism: policy responses (2002) (24)
Terrorism and International Order (1986) (24)
Time for a reappraisal (1979) (24)
The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 2 : War and Diplomacy (2004) (23)
The Transformation of Strategic Affairs: Adelphi Paper 379, 2006 (2008) (23)
Strategy in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Strategic Studies (2002) (22)
British nuclear targeting (1985) (22)
Great Powers, Vital Interests and Nuclear Weapons (1994) (20)
Iraq, Liberal Wars and Illiberal Containment (2006) (20)
Scientific Advice at a Time of Emergency. SAGE and Covid‐19 (2020) (19)
Presidential Commissions and National Security: The Politics of Damage Control (2006) (18)
Air Power: The Men, Machines, and Ideas That Revolutionized War, from Kitty Hawk to Gulf War II (2004) (17)
Disarmament and Other Nuclear Norms (2013) (17)
Can the EU develop an effective military doctrine (2004) (17)
The Cold War : a military history (2001) (16)
Second Strike: Arguments About Nuclear War in South Asia (2005) (16)
Military Power and Political Influence (1998) (16)
The new security equation (2004) (16)
War and diplomacy (2007) (15)
Israel's nuclear policy (1975) (13)
War evolves into the fourth generation: A comment on Thomas X. Hammes (2005) (13)
Reflections on Gulf War illness (2006) (13)
The Price of Peace: Living With the Nuclear Dilemma (1988) (12)
Perspectives on terrorism (1983) (12)
The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 1: The Origins of the Falklands War (2004) (12)
Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime (2002) (12)
Europe transformed : documents on the end of the Cold War (1990) (12)
The Politics of British Defence, 1979-98 (1999) (11)
Britain and the revolution in military affairs (1998) (11)
Strategic studies and the problem of power (2014) (11)
The Transatlantic Agenda: Vision and Counter-Vision (2005) (11)
Elections and war - The electoral incentive in the democratic politics of war and peace (2000) (11)
Panzer Operations: The Eastern Front Memoir Of General Raus, 1941-1945 (2003) (11)
The Coming War on Terrorism (2002) (10)
Britain: The First Ex-Nuclear Power? (1981) (10)
Brexit and the Law of Unintended Consequences (2016) (10)
Strategic Terror and Amateur Psychology (2005) (9)
Does Strategic Studies Have a Future (2012) (8)
The CIA and the soviet threat: The politicization of estimates, 1966–1977 (1997) (8)
The Atlantic Crisis (1982) (8)
Scripting Middle East leaders : the impact of leadership perceptions on US and UK foreign policy (2013) (8)
The British Armed Services (2002) (8)
Weak states and the west (1994) (7)
Grand Strategy in the Twenty-first Century (2001) (7)
FRAMING STRATEGIC DETERRENCE (2009) (7)
Interlocking Dimensions of European Integration: One Europe or Several? (2001) (6)
A New Theory for Nuclear Disarmament (2009) (6)
Using Force for Peace in an Age of Terror (2007) (6)
Nuclear weapons in Europe (1984) (6)
The neutron bomb controversy: a study in alliance politics (1984) (5)
Academics and Policy-making: Rules of Engagement (2017) (5)
A Choice of Enemies (2008) (5)
War, strategy, and international politics: essays in honour of Sir Michael Howard (1993) (5)
Report of the Editors – 2007 (2008) (5)
Imbalances of power (1992) (5)
Mental states and political decisions (2011) (4)
Nuclear Weapons in Europe: Is There an Arms Race ? (1984) (4)
Strategic Arms Control (2020) (4)
The Troubled alliance (1983) (4)
Ukraine and the Art of Strategy (2019) (4)
Social Science and the Cold War (2015) (4)
The transformation of grand strategy (2006) (4)
The Return of Great Power Politics (2019) (4)
The Troubled alliance : Atlantic relations in the 1980's (1983) (4)
Saddam Hussein - The politics of revenge (2001) (4)
The Concept of Security (2017) (3)
The Counterrevolution in Strategic Affairs (2011) (3)
Response to discussants' letters (1995) (3)
Writing of Wrongs: Was the War in Iraq Doomed from the Start? (2006) (3)
Encyclopaedia of Government and Politics (2002) (3)
Military Power in Europe (1990) (3)
Cold War statesmen confront the bomb - Nuclear diplomacy since 1945 (2000) (3)
The Military in Contemporary Soviet Politics: An Institutional Analysis (1980) (3)
Conclusion: The Future of Strategic Studies (2002) (3)
Hiroshima: A Strategy of Shock (1994) (3)
On Military Advice (2017) (3)
Flexible Response and the Concept of Escalation (1986) (3)
Population Change and European Security. (1992) (3)
Strategic Defence In The Nuclear Age (1987) (3)
Stephen Pinker and the long peace: alliance, deterrence and decline (2014) (2)
Globalization and the war against Terrorism (2007) (2)
Has strategy reached a dead-end? (1979) (2)
The politics of conventional arms control (1989) (2)
The Evolution and Future of Extended Nuclear Deterrence (1989) (2)
The split-screen war: Kosovo and changing concepts of the use of force (2000) (2)
Strategic studies and the new Europe (1994) (2)
The ‘star wars’ debate: The Western alliance and strategic defence: Part II (1985) (2)
The Fading Myth of Flexible Response (1986) (2)
Force and the international community: Blair’s Chicago speech and the criteria for intervention (2017) (2)
India's nuclear bomb - The impact on global proliferation (2000) (2)
Is ‘old school’ nuclear disarmament dead? (2019) (2)
Command: Individual or Collective? A Review of Anthony King’s Command: The Twenty-First-Century General (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019) (2019) (2)
The Evolution Of Nuclear Strategy, Third Edition By Lawrence Freedman (2019) (2)
The Three Per Cent Solution and the Future of NATO (1982) (2)
Flattering the passions - Or, the bomb and Britain's bid for a world role (2000) (2)
The war that didn't end all wars (2014) (2)
Britain in the World (2010) (2)
Introduction—The Evolution of Deterrence Strategy and Research (2020) (1)
No Soft Options: The Politico-Military Realities of NATO (1979) (1)
Europe and the ABM Revival (1982) (1)
The Strategic Defence Initiative — “Star Wars” (1986) (1)
The strategist's vocation (1983) (1)
Negotiations on Nuclear Forces in Europe (1984) (1)
Nuclear Strategy and Asia (1993) (1)
Political impatience and military caution (2019) (1)
Knife fights: : a memoir of modern war in theory and practice (2014) (1)
The Falklands War and the Concept of Escalation (1992) (1)
Arms and Politics 1958–1978: Arms Control in a Changing Political Context (1980) (1)
Holding back on dangerous play (1985) (1)
The Labour Government and Nuclear Weapons 1964–70 (1980) (1)
The Benefits of Hindsight: Historical Research and Political Accountability (2017) (1)
On the Tiger’s Back: The Development of the Concept of Escalation (2020) (1)
Security in British politics, 1945-99 (2001) (1)
Blair's Britain 1997–2007: Defence (2007) (1)
Power and insecurity in Europe (1995) (1)
Star Wars and the Summit (1986) (1)
Can there be a liberal military strategy (2015) (1)
Power and Order (2015) (1)
The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy, 4th Edition (2018) (1)
International Security in an Age of Choice (1998) (1)
DEFENCE POLICY AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION (1986) (1)
Tony Johnson—memories and a tribute (2023) (1)
Report of the Co‐Editors – 2004 (2005) (1)
Response to Reviews (2007) (1)
The West and the modernization of China (1979) (0)
The Strategic Context (1980) (0)
Soviet Strategy After Stalin (2019) (0)
Elimination or Marginalization (2019) (0)
Technological change and the future of warfare (2001) (0)
Liberal Wars: Anglo-American Strategy, Ideology and Practice (2015) (0)
International verification arrangements. Choosing the right approach (1986) (0)
The collapse of the Soviet military (2000) (0)
The international politics of the Gulf War (2012) (0)
My journey at the nuclear brink/the case for U.S. nuclear weapons in the 21st century (2016) (0)
Pocock and Simon Method (2006) (0)
Can There Be a Nuclear Strategy? (2019) (0)
All the Way with JFK? Britain, the US, and the Vietnam War (review) (2003) (0)
Rethinking European Security (2001) (0)
Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet/Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CLA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, From the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (Book) (2004) (0)
Intermediate Nuclear Forces (2020) (0)
Mutual Assured Safety (2019) (0)
The Trouble with Regime Change (2021) (0)
The Rise of Anti-Nuclear Protest (2019) (0)
Escalation and Arms Control (1985) (0)
The Dilemma of European Theatre Nuclear Arms Control (2018) (0)
British Attitudes on SDI (1987) (0)
The Impact of the Falklands Conflict on International Affairs (2005) (0)
Europe and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Revival (1986) (0)
Arms Control and European Security: A Guide to East-West Negotiations (1978) (0)
Saving strangers: humanitarian intervention in international society. (2001) (0)
THE NUCLEAR BALANCE AT SEA (1987) (0)
Wars in the next decade (2019) (0)
France and the Credibility of Nuclear Guarantees (2019) (0)
Military Power in Europe: Essays in Memory of Jonathan Alford (1990) (0)
Nuclear Weapons and Strategy (1986) (0)
13. Whose Crisis?: Britain as an International Problem (2020) (0)
Strategy for Chaos (Book) (2003) (0)
Making War, Thinking History: Munich, Vietnam, and Presidential Uses of Force from Korea to Kosovo (review) (2003) (0)
A NATO Nuclear Force (2019) (0)
The worst military leaders in history (2022) (0)
Kennedy, Bush and Crisis Management (2002) (0)
Nuclear Politics in Europe (1980) (0)
Britain, Nuclear Weapons, and the Future of Arms Control (1994) (0)
Fateful visions: Avoiding nuclear catastrophe (1990) (0)
The politics of British defence policy, 1979-98 (1999) (0)
Nuclear weapons and international security: collected essays. By Ramesh Thakur (2016) (0)
The Strategy of Stable Conflict (2019) (0)
The End of the Cold War (2019) (0)
II: Britain's Contribution to Nato (1978) (0)
The Military Dimension of Soviet Policy (2019) (0)
Escalation/Limited War: The US View (1990) (0)
Going to the wars (2001) (0)
Disarmament to Arms Control (2019) (0)
Obituary: David Peery Byar (1938–91) (1992) (0)
The Modern American Military (2013) (0)
Limited War, Unlimited Protest: The Anti-Nuclear Weapons Movement in Europe (2019) (0)
Strategic defence in the nuclear age: Introduction (1987) (0)
Britain’s ‘Independent’ Nuclear Deterrent (2019) (0)
Primacy and Maximum Deterrence (2019) (0)
War scare - Russia and America on the nuclear brink (2000) (0)
The Wilderness Years (2020) (0)
A new strategic revolution (1985) (0)
Saddam defiant - The threat of weapons of mass destruction and the crisis of global security (2001) (0)
The Cold War in retrospect : 25 years after its end (2014) (0)
War, Strategy, and Politics: Essays in Honour of Sir Michael Howard. (1994) (0)
The Unthinkable Weapon (2019) (0)
Scripting Middle East Leaders (2012) (0)
Thinking About Strategy (2011) (0)
A More Nationalist Defence Policy? (1983) (0)
Contemporary Security Policy and the British nuclear deterrent (1980) (0)
Weapons, Doctrines, Arms Control, and Foreign Policy: Weaving a Seamless Web? (2019) (0)
BookSDI and stability: the role of assumptions and perceptions: edited by Klaus Gottstein Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, FRG, 1988, 396 pp, DM79 (1989) (0)
Verification technologies: The case for surveillance by consent (1985) (0)
Potential European instability: An historical perspective (1990) (0)
Khrushchev’s Second-Best Deterrent (2019) (0)
Actions and Reactions (2019) (0)
The Nuclear Bias (1980) (0)
What hidden agenda (1999) (0)
The Role of Third-Country Nuclear Forces (2020) (0)
The European Nuclear Option (i) Anglo-Saxon Views (1983) (0)
The military threat (1986) (0)
NATO without the Threat (1990) (0)
Negotiations on Nuclear Forces in Europe, 1969–83 (1986) (0)
Force and Legitimacy in World Politics: The age of liberal wars (2006) (0)
Strategic Stability/ Superiority: the US View (1990) (0)
Weapons, doctrines, and arms control (1984) (0)
The Future of the British Strategic Nuclear Deterrent (1984) (0)
Soviet military policy since World War II and Nuclear strategy and national style (1987) (0)
SALT, Parity and the Critique of MAD (2019) (0)
The Nuclear War on Terror (2019) (0)
Disarmament and the Future of Europe (1986) (0)
The professional and political context of security studies (1993) (0)
Cult of the irrelevant: The waning influence of social science on National Security (2019) (0)
The Falklands War: An Imperial History, by Ezequiel Mercau (2020) (0)
The McNamara Legacy (2019) (0)
Britain at War (2006) (0)
Virtual war: Kosovo and beyond. (2000) (0)
Trump and Brexit (2018) (0)
European Security: The Prospect of Change (1978) (0)
An introduction to strategic studies: military technology and international relations (1988) (0)
Proliferation: The Middle East and the Pacific (2019) (0)
Panel discussion: Twenty years on: The Falklands war in perspective (2002) (0)
The Political Context (2020) (0)
Preventing nuclear war: a realistic approach (1985) (0)
Political Parties and the European Union Edited by John Gaffney Routledge, London, 1996 (340 pages). £45.00, hardback (ISBN 0-415-09059-8); £13.99, softback (ISBN 0-415-09060-1) (1997) (0)
Morality and contemporary warfare (2000) (0)
Europe between the Superpowers (1988) (0)
The South Atlantic Crisis of 1982: Implications for Nuclear Crisis Management (1989) (0)
Book reviewThe future of American strategy : David Hendrickson 210 pages, $16.95 (New York, Holmes and Meier, 1987) (1988) (0)
Operational Nuclear Strategy (2019) (0)
The road to Jerusalem - Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews (2002) (0)
A game for high stakes: lessons learned in negotiating with the Soviet Union (1986) (0)
U.S. Intelligence and the Soviet Strategic Threat: Updated Edition (1987) (0)
The Future of Soviet Military Power (1978) (0)
The South Atlantic crisis of 1982 (1989) (0)
A Response (2006) (0)
Negotiations on nuclear forces (1983) (0)
New Sources of Strategy (2019) (0)
War: Controlling Escalation (1979) (0)
Soviet Doctrine from Brezhnev to Gorbachev (2019) (0)

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