All Outputs (25)

Oderint dum metuant: Strategic Lessons from the Small Wars Experience of the Roman Republic. (2024)
Thesis
Moore, H. W. Oderint dum metuant: Strategic Lessons from the Small Wars Experience of the Roman Republic. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4735994

The modern experience of small wars, referring to armed conflict between belligerents divergent in military power, tactics, and strategies, has been one of infrequent and costly success. Some have attributed these difficulties to the discipline of ‘c... Read More about Oderint dum metuant: Strategic Lessons from the Small Wars Experience of the Roman Republic..

Shadows of Arlington (2023)
Thesis
Fenton, C. E. Shadows of Arlington. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4500738

The common perception that the root cause of US military caution and casualty aversion was the Vietnam War, is a falsehood. Shadows of Arlington introduces the supposition that the roots of US Casualty Aversion (USCA) and its principles of defence an... Read More about Shadows of Arlington.

2022 National Security Strategy: A Grand Strategic Illusion? (2023)
Book Chapter
Lonsdale, D. (2023). 2022 National Security Strategy: A Grand Strategic Illusion?. In M. Dodge, & M. R. Costlow (Eds.), Expert Commentary on the 2022 National Security Strategy (81-94). National Institute for Public Policy

Ethics or efficacy? : examining strategic ethics and counterinsurgency (2021)
Thesis
Mayne, P. J. (2021). Ethics or efficacy? : examining strategic ethics and counterinsurgency. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4240564

The ethics of cyber attack: Pursuing legitimate security and the common good in contemporary conflict scenarios (2020)
Journal Article
Lonsdale, D. J. (2020). The ethics of cyber attack: Pursuing legitimate security and the common good in contemporary conflict scenarios. Journal of Military Ethics, 19(1), 20-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/15027570.2020.1764694

Cyber attack against Critical National Infrastructure is a developing capability in state arsenals. The onset of this new instrument in national security has implications for conflict thresholds and military ethics. To serve as a legitimate tool of p... Read More about The ethics of cyber attack: Pursuing legitimate security and the common good in contemporary conflict scenarios.

Visualizing the terror threat: The impact of communicating security information to the general public using infographics and motion graphics (2019)
Journal Article
Lonsdale, M. D. S., Lonsdale, D. J., Baxter, M., Graham, R., Kanafani, A., Li, A., & Peng, C. (2019). Visualizing the terror threat: The impact of communicating security information to the general public using infographics and motion graphics. Visible language, 53(2), 37-71. https://doi.org/10.34314/vl.v53i2.4645

Terrorism represents one of the most pressing contemporary security threats. As a consequence, governments provide information to the public on threat levels and on how to respond to terror incidents. To effectively reassure the public, and to increa... Read More about Visualizing the terror threat: The impact of communicating security information to the general public using infographics and motion graphics.

Handling and communicating intelligence information: a conceptual, historical and information design analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Lonsdale, D., & Lonsdale, M. D. S. (2019). Handling and communicating intelligence information: a conceptual, historical and information design analysis. Intelligence and national security, 34(5), 703-726. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2019.1592841

Effective communication of information is essential to intelligence work. This paper identifies the main obstacles to good communication: policy-related challenges; cognitive impediments; resource limitations; cultural and structural issues within in... Read More about Handling and communicating intelligence information: a conceptual, historical and information design analysis.

The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review: A return to nuclear warfighting? (2019)
Journal Article
Lonsdale, D. J. (2019). The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review: A return to nuclear warfighting?. Comparative Strategy, 38(2), 98-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/01495933.2019.1573074

© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) represents a significant shift in U.S. nuclear weapons policy. Using Cold War vintage theory, this article assesses whether the NPR signals a return to nuclear warfighting. T... Read More about The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review: A return to nuclear warfighting?.

The impact of neglecting user-centered information design principles when delivering online information: Cyber security awareness websites as a case study (2018)
Journal Article
Dos Santos Lonsdale, M., Lonsdale, D. J., & Lim, H. W. (2018). The impact of neglecting user-centered information design principles when delivering online information: Cyber security awareness websites as a case study. Information Design Journal, 24(2), 151-177. https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.00005.san

Information design principles are overlooked in cyber security awareness websites. An Information Design Process Model has been devised to help frame and interpret how online information is processed and the role information design principles play in... Read More about The impact of neglecting user-centered information design principles when delivering online information: Cyber security awareness websites as a case study.

Warfighting for cyber deterrence: a strategic and moral imperative (2017)
Journal Article
Lonsdale, D. J. (2018). Warfighting for cyber deterrence: a strategic and moral imperative. Philosophy && Technology, 31(3), 409-429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-017-0252-8

Theories of cyber deterrence are developing rapidly. However, the literature is missing an important ingredient—warfighting for deterrence. This controversial idea, most commonly associated with nuclear strategy during the later stages of the Cold Wa... Read More about Warfighting for cyber deterrence: a strategic and moral imperative.

Britain's emerging cyber-strategy (2016)
Journal Article
Lonsdale, D. J. (2016). Britain's emerging cyber-strategy. RUSI Journal, 161(4), 52-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2016.1232880

© RUSI JOURNAL AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2016. In recent years, cyber-power has attracted a great deal of attention in government strategy and security reviews. This has been matched by regular increases in budget and the establishment of new organisations to... Read More about Britain's emerging cyber-strategy.

Ordering and controlling the dimensions of strategy (2016)
Journal Article
Lonsdale, D. J. (2016). Ordering and controlling the dimensions of strategy. Defence Studies, 16(4), 390-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702436.2016.1228430

Colin Gray’s dimensions of strategy, built upon the earlier work of Clausewitz and Howard, has theoretical, practical, and pedagogic value for the Strategic Studies community. This paper further develops the theory, arguing that the dimensions can be... Read More about Ordering and controlling the dimensions of strategy.

Beyond just war : military strategy for the common good (2016)
Journal Article
Lonsdale, D. (2016). Beyond just war : military strategy for the common good. Journal of Military Ethics, 15(2), 100-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/15027570.2016.1207453

The objective of this paper is to move ethical discourse on military strategy beyond the confines of the established War Convention. This is achieved by utilizing the Common Good, a concept found in political philosophy and theology. The common good... Read More about Beyond just war : military strategy for the common good.

Alexander the Great and the art of adaptation (2013)
Journal Article
Lonsdale, D. (2013). Alexander the Great and the art of adaptation. Journal of Military History, 77(3), 817-835

Alexander the Great campaigned successfully for twelve years, across the range of military operations, against a wide range of opponents, and within many varied geographical environments. This article argues that this remarkable record of success can... Read More about Alexander the Great and the art of adaptation.

Nuclear strategy and Catholicism : a reappraisal (2012)
Journal Article
Lonsdale, D. J. (2012). Nuclear strategy and Catholicism : a reappraisal. Journal of Military Ethics, 11(3), 186-207. https://doi.org/10.1080/15027570.2012.738501

During the Cold War sections within the Catholic Church reached an uneasy compromise on the moral validity of nuclear strategy. As an ‘interim ethic’ the dominant Catholic position accepted the legitimacy of nuclear deterrence, but rejected many of t... Read More about Nuclear strategy and Catholicism : a reappraisal.

The Campaigns of Alexander the Great (2011)
Book Chapter
Lonsdale, D. J. (2011). The Campaigns of Alexander the Great. In J. A. Olsen, & C. S. Gray (Eds.), The Practice of Strategy: From Alexander the Great to the Present (15-35). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199608638.003.0002

By the time of his death in 323 BC, Alexander the Great had added the Persian Empire to Macedon's European territories, thus controlling most of the world as known to the ancient Greeks. In Chapter 1, David J. Lonsdale examines Alexander's campaigns... Read More about The Campaigns of Alexander the Great.

Understanding contemporary strategy (2011)
Book
Kane, T. M., & Lonsdale, D. J. (2011). Understanding contemporary strategy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203801512

© 2012 Thomas M. Kane and David J. Lonsdale. Understanding Contemporary Strategy provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of modern strategy.Covering all the main issues in the field, the book explores the majo... Read More about Understanding contemporary strategy.

The way ahead: Strategic studies in the 21st century (2011)
Book Chapter
Lonsdale, D. J. (2011). The way ahead: Strategic studies in the 21st century. In R. Rotte, & C. Schwarz (Eds.), International Security and War: Politics and Grand Strategy in the 21st Century (55-64). Nova Science Publishers

Ethics in War: A View From Realism (2011)
Book Chapter
Lonsdale, D. (2011). Ethics in War: A View From Realism. In Ethics, Law and Military Operations (29 - 43). Palgrave MacMillan

The impact of cyberspace on strategy (2009)
Journal Article
Lonsdale, D. (2009). The impact of cyberspace on strategy. High frontier : the journal for space & missile professionals, 5(3), 21 - 25