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Publications for Thomas Waldman

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Journal Articles

Waldman, T (2026) Polemitics: towards a new conceptualisation of the political nature of war, Journal of Strategic Studies, ISSN: 0140-2390. DOI: 10.1080/01402390.2026.2699403.

Waldman, T (2026) Strategic saints and sinners: the moral economy of war and the power of narrative, International Affairs, 102(3), ISSN: 0020-5850. DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiag042.

Waldman, T (2026) What Thucydides could really teach Trump, Survival, 68(1), pp.149-158, ISSN: 0039-6338. DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2026.2620296.

Waldman, T (2019) Strategic narratives and US surrogate warfare, Survival, 61(1), pp.161-178, ISSN: 0039-6338. DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2019.1568049.

Waldman, T (2019) Buy now, pay later: American military intervention and the strategic cost paradox, Defence Studies, 19(1), pp.85-105, ISSN: 1470-2436. DOI: 10.1080/14702436.2019.1565404.

Barakat, S and Waldman, T (2017) Cumulative influence: the case of political settlements research in British policy, Policy Studies, 38(6), pp.640-663, ISSN: 0144-2872. DOI: 10.1080/01442872.2017.1391193.

Waldman, T (2014) Reconciliation and research in Afghanistan: an analytical narrative, International Affairs, 90(5), pp.1049-1068, ISSN: 0020-5850. DOI: 10.1111/1468-2346.12156.

Waldman, T (2014) The Use of Statebuilding Research in Fragile Contexts: Evidence from British Policymaking in Afghanistan, Nepal and Sierra Leone, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 8(2-3), pp.149-172, ISSN: 1750-2977. DOI: 10.1080/17502977.2014.885675.

Barakat, S and Waldman, T (2013) Conflict analysis for the twenty-first century, Conflict, Security & Development, 13(3), pp.259-283, ISSN: 1467-8802. DOI: 10.1080/14678802.2013.811048.

Waldman, T (2012) Clausewitz and the Study of War, Defence Studies, 12(3), pp.345-374, ISSN: 1470-2436. DOI: 10.1080/14702436.2012.703843.

Waldman, T (2010) ‘Shadows of Uncertainty’: Clausewitz's Timeless Analysis of Chance in War, Defence Studies, 10(3), pp.336-368, ISSN: 1470-2436. DOI: 10.1080/14702436.2010.503678.

Waldman, T (2007) British ‘Post-Conflict’ Operations in Iraq: Into the Heart of Strategic Darkness, Civil Wars, 9(1), pp.61-86, ISSN: 1369-8249. DOI: 10.1080/13698240601159066.

Waldman, T (Accepted for publication) Politics and War: Clausewitz’s Paradoxical Equation, The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters, 40(3), DOI: 10.55540/0031-1723.2541.



Books

Waldman, T (2021) Vicarious Warfare American Strategy and the Illusion of War on the Cheap, Policy Press, ISBN: 9781529207002.

Waldman, T and Barakat, S (2016) Understanding Influence, Routledge, DOI: 10.4324/9781315549187.

Waldman, T (2016) War, Clausewitz and the Trinity, Routledge, DOI: 10.4324/9781315547718.

Waldman, T (2016) War, clausewitz and the trinity. DOI: 10.4324/9781315547718.



Chapters

Waldman, T (2023) Vicarious war and the United States: imperial antecedents and anticipations. In Gruszczak, A and Kaempf, S (ed) Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare, Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group, pp.201-211, ISBN: 9781003299011. DOI: 10.4324/9781003299011-22.

Schreer, B and Waldman, T (2019) Strategy on autopilot: Resolute support and the continuing failure of Western strategy in Afghanistan. In Terrorism and Insurgency in Asia A Contemporary Examination of Terrorist and Separatist Movements, pp.58-71, DOI: 10.4324/9780429031038-5.

Kennedy, C and Waldman, T (2014) The Changing Nature of Intrastate Conflict and ‘New Wars’. In Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars, Routledge, pp.213-223, ISBN: 9780415622585. DOI: 10.4324/9780203105962.ch17.

(2014) The changing nature of intrastate con ict and ‘new wars’. In Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars, Routledge, pp.229-239, DOI: 10.4324/9780203105962-26.



Internet Publications

Kennedy-Pipe, C and Waldman, T (2026) "John Mearsheimer’s worldview: still consistent after all these years" [Article Review 197 John F. Mearsheimer, “War and International Politics,” International Security 49:4 (Spring 2025): 7-36, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00507].

Waldman, T and Cormac, R (2021) Forward to the past? Weigh Covert Options in Afghanistan Carefully.

Waldman, T (2021) Biden's burden: Time for America to shake its addiction to waging war on the cheap.



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