Staff Profile:Beatrice Heuser
- Name:
- Professor Beatrice Heuser
- Job Title:
- Professor
- Responsibilities:
Director of MA Programmes
- Areas of Interest:
All areas (and all centuries) of Strategy, European Security, Transatlantic Relations, Britain, France, USA, Germany, strategy and defence policy making.
Heuser has worked as a consultant to the UK Ministry of Defence, the French Ministry of Defence, the European Commission (DG1A), and the UK House of Commons. From 2003-2007 she was the Director of Research of the Military History Research Institute of the Bundeswehr in Potsdam.
Heuser has previously taught at the University of Reims (1991), at King's College London's Department of War Studies (1991-2003), at the University of Potsdam (2004-2005), the University of the Bundeswehr in Neubiberg (2005-2007), and has had visiting professorships at the Universities of Paris VIII (St Denis, 2011-2012) and Paris IV (Sorbonne, 2012).
She is the member of several editorial boards for journals, including Cold War History; has served on a dozen advisory boards for museums et al. and is currently a member of the Scientific Council of the Project: "Guerre et Société", of Professor Jean Baechler of the Académie des Sciences morales et politiques, Institut de France.
See www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hl293 for Heuser's recent work on the Prussian soldier and intellectual Carl von Clausewitz's treatise On War.
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6SV-NxkSOg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUbKWe_Eb3o for Heuser on just war and moral victories.
Click on http://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/content/rethinking-deterrence-aftermath-ukrainian-crisis-ahead-warsaw-nato-summit for Heuser in debate about East-West Relations since the Ukrainian Crisis."
- Research groups / Centres:
- Member of Editorial Board of Cold War History.
- Member of Advisory Board of Journal of Strategic Studies and of Aussen- und Sicherheitspolitik.
- Member of Research Group "Guerre et Société" of Jean Baechler of the Institut de France.
- Member of the Research Group "Frontières" of Lori Maguire and Bertrand van Ruymbeke of the University Paris 8 (St Denis).
- Member of the Advisory Board, Museum "Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland".
- Publications:
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YNumber of items: 64.
2016
- Heuser, B. (2016) The virtual world of exercises and deterrence. In: Russia and the West, 11 Apr 2016, CERI, Sciences Po', Paris.
2015
- Heuser, B. (2015) Regina Maris and the command of the sea: the sixteenth century origins of modern maritime strategy. Journal of Strategic Studies. 10.1080/01402390.2015.1104670. ISSN 1743-937X doi: 10.1080/01402390.2015.1104670
- Heuser, B. (2015) The history of the practice of strategy from Antiquity to Napoleon. In: Baylis, J., Wirtz, J. J. and Gray, C. S. (eds.) Strategy in the Contemporary World. 5th edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 17-32. ISBN 9780198708919
- UNSPECIFIED (2015) Small wars and insurgencies in theory and practice, 1500-1850. Routledge, Abingdon, pp234. ISBN 1138941670
- Heuser, B., Deruelle, B., Fonck, B., Satterfield, G., Kleinmann, S., Forrest, A., Esdaile, C., Lawrence, M. and Rink, M. (2015) The origins of small wars: from special operations to ideological insurgencies. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 25 (4). Taylor and Francis, pp162.
- Heuser, B., Johnson, J., Egnell, R., Ucko, D., Frémeaux, J., Reis, B., Blank, S., Shichor, Y., Johnson, D. E., Pieper, H., Shamir, E., Inbar, E., Storr, J., Valensi, C., Johnson, R., Plakoudas, S., Zisser, E. and Tenenbaum, E. (2015) National experiences with insurgencies and counterinsurgencies: are there “National styles”? Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. (In Press)
- Heuser, B. (2015) The Spanish Guerrilla 1808-1814 as a model for people’s wars and resistance movements. In: Garcia Hernan, E. and Skowron, R. (eds.) From Ireland to Poland: Northern Europe, Spain and the Early Modern World. Historia de España y su proyección internacional. Albatros, Madrid, pp. 207-222. ISBN 9788472743175 (In Press)
2014
- Heuser, B., Cox, M., Mastny, V., Lever, S. P., Fortmann, M., Haglund, D., Ruiz Palmer, D., Morrison, J., Zhuk, S., Zubok, V., Freedman, L., Hanhimaki, J., Tang, J. T.H. and Romero, F. (2014) The Cold War in retrospect : 25 years after its end. Cold War History, 14 (4). Taylor and Francis, Abingdon.
- Heuser, B., (2014) Insurgencies and counterinsurgency strategies: patterns and dilemmas. Report. RDDC Publishing House, Copenhagen. pp32.
- Heuser, B. (2014) Paix et guerre selon Christine de Pizan. In: Baechler, J. and Holeindre, J.-V. (eds.) Penseurs de la Stratégie. Editions Hermann, Paris, pp. 77-90. ISBN 9782705689322
2013
- Heuser, B. (2013) Penser la strategie de l'Antiquité à nos jours. Editions Picard, Paris, pp430. ISBN 978270849569
- Heuser, B. (2013) Rebellen, Partisanen, Guerilleros: Asymmetrische Kriege von der Antike bis heute. Ferdinand Schoeningh, Paderborn, pp307. ISBN 9783506776051
- Heuser, B. (2013) Victory, peace, and justice : the neglected trinity. Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), 69 (2). pp. 6-12. ISSN 1070-0692
- Heuser, B. (2013) La mefiance de son propre gouvernement dans le cinema du « monde libre ». CinémAction, 150. pp. 100-105. ISSN 0243-4504
2012
- Heuser, B. (2012) Atrocities in theory and practice: An introduction. Civil Wars, 14 (1). pp. 2-28. ISSN 1369-8249 doi: 10.1080/13698249.2012.654677
- Heuser, B. (2012) Denial of change: the 'Military Revolution' as seen by contemporaries. International Bibliography for Military History, 32 (1). pp. 3-27. ISSN 2211-5757 doi: 10.1163/22115757-03201002
- Heuser, B. (2012) A national security strategy for England: Matthew Sutcliffe, the Earl of Essex, and the Cadiz Expedition of 1596. In: Recio Morales , O. and García Hernán, E. (eds.) Redes y espacios de poder de la comunidad irlandesa en España y la América española, 1600–1825. Albatros Ediciones, Valencia, pp. 117-135.
2011
- Heuser, B. (2011) Friedrich der Große und der Siebenjährige Krieg: der „Mythos“ des großen Feldherrn in der Strategie-Literatur (18.-20. Jahrhundert). In: Externbrink, S. (ed.) Der Siebenjährige Krieg (1756-1763): ein europäischer Weltkrieg im Zeitalter der Aufklärung. Akademie Verlag, Berlin, pp. 181-196. ISBN 9783050043104
- Heuser, B. (2011) Guerilla warfare. In: Martel, G. (ed.) Encyclopedia of war. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford. ISBN 9781444338232 doi: 10.1002/9781444338232.wbeow260
2010
- Heuser, B. (2010) The strategy makers: thoughts on war and society from Machiavelli and Clausewitz. Praeger/ ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, USA. ISBN 9780275998264
- Heuser, B. (2010) Den Krieg Denken: die Entwicklung der Strategie seit der Antike. Schoeningh, Paderborn, Germany, pp523. ISBN 9783506768322
- Heuser, B. (2010) Small wars in the age of Clausewitz: the watershed between partisan war and people's war. Journal of Strategic Studies, 33 (1). pp. 139-162. ISSN 1743-937X doi: 10.1080/01402391003603623
- Heuser, B. (2010) Strategy before the word: ancient wisdom for the modern world. RUSI Journal, 155 (1). pp. 36-42. ISSN 1744-0378
- Heuser, B. (2010) Guerre majeure, victoire absolue? Vers une nouvelle conceptualisation post-Clausewitzienne. In: Ramel, F. and Holeindre, J.-V. (eds.) La fin des guerres majeures? Economica, Paris, France, pp. 30-46. ISBN 9782717858594
- Heuser, B. (2010) Guibert: prophet of total war? In: Förster, S. and Chickering, R. (eds.) War in an age of revolution, 1775–1815. Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 46-67. ISBN 9780521899963
- Heuser, B. (2010) La revisione nucleare del Regno Unito e della Francia: le eredità Blair e Chirac. In: Gerlini , M. (ed.) Quarant’anni di Non Proliferazione: un Dibattito fra Storici e Scienziati. Edizioni Associate, Rome, Italy, pp. 101-124. ISBN 9788826705347
- Heuser, B. (2010) Les Echanges en Stratégie entre la France et l’Allemagne du XVIIIe au XXe siècles. In: Guggenheim, A. (ed.) La relation franco-allemande depuis 1945. Editions Lethielleux, pp. 45-63. ISBN 9782249620232
- Heuser, B. (2010) The evolution of strategy: thinking war from antiquity to the present. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 9780521199681
2009
- Heuser, B. D. G. (2009) The British and French nuclear postures: Blair’s and Chirac’s legacies. In: Angelo Baracca, L. N. (ed.) Nuclear Proliferation: History and Present Problems. Max Planck Institut fur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin, pp. 59-71.
2008
- Heuser, B. (2008) Misleading paradigms of war: states and non-state actors, combatants and non-combatants. War & Society, 27 (2). pp. 1-24. ISSN 2042-4345 doi: 10.1179/072924708791329190
- Heuser, B. (2008) Clausewitz: historien, politologue, ou fondateur de la polemologie? In: Sur la guerre et la conduite de la guerre: Tomes 9 et 10, Eclairage stratégique de plusieurs campagnes (tr. Gerard Reber). La Maison du Dictionnaire, pp. 7-36. ISBN 9782856082010
- Heuser, B. (2008) Santa Cruz de Marcenado (1684-1732): Aufstandsbekämpfung im Zeitalter der Aufklärung. In: Buciak, S. (ed.) Asymmetrische Kriegführung im Spiegel der Zeit. Köster, Berlin, pp. 113-128. ISBN 9783895746697
2007
- Heuser, B. (2007) Clausewitz' ideas of strategy and victory. In: Herberg-Rothe, A. and Strachan, H. (eds.) Clausewitz in the twenty-first century. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 132-163. ISBN 9780199232024
- Heuser, B. (2007) Introduction. In: On war. Oxford Classics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp336. ISBN 9780199540020
- Heuser, B. (2007) The cultural revolution in counterinsurgency. Journal of Strategic Studies, 30 (1). pp. 153-71. ISSN 1743-937X doi: 10.1080/01402390701210863
- Clausewitz, C. (2007) Carl von Clausewitz: On War. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp350. ISBN 9780199540020
- Heuser, B. (2007) ‘Clausewitz’ Ideas of Strategy and Victory’. In: Strachan, H. and Herberg-Rothe, A. (eds.) Clausewitz in the 21st Century. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 132-163.
2006
- Heuser, B. (2006) ‘New World and Old Europe: American Screen Images of Britain and France‘. In: Baylis, J. and Roper, J. (eds.) The United States and Europe: The Future Divide? Frank Cass, London, pp. 194-215.
2002
- Heuser, B. (2002) ‘Modern Man’s Myths: The Influence of Historical Memory on Policy-Making’. In: Taubert, F. (ed.) The Myth of Munich. Veröffentlichungen des Kollegium Karolinum (98). Oldenbourg, Munich, pp. 359-372.
- Heuser, B. (2002) Reading Clausewitz. Pimlico, London, pp238. ISBN 071266484X
2001
- Heuser, B. and Hartmann, A. V., eds. (2001) War, Peace and World Orders from Antiquity until the 20th century. Routledge, London, pp267. ISBN 0415244412
2000
- Heuser, B. (2000) Beliefs, cultures, proliferation and use of nuclear weapons. Review of International Studies, 23 (1). pp. 74-100. ISSN 0260-2105
1999
- Heuser, B. (1999) The Bomb: Nuclear Weapons in their Historical, Strategic and Ethical Context. Turning Points in History. Longman's, London, pp236. ISBN 0582292905
- Heuser, B. (1999) ‘What Price Solidarity? Nuclear Dependence in NATO, 1949-1967’. In: Burke, K. and Stokes, M. (eds.) The United States and the European Alliance since 1945. Berg, Oxford, pp. 153-178.
1998
- Heuser, B. (1998) ‘The European Dream of Franz Josef Strauss’. Journal of European Integration History, 3 (1). pp. 75-103. ISSN 0947-9511
- Heuser, B. and Buffet, C. J. P. M., eds. (1998) Haunted by History: Myths in International Relations. Berghahn, Oxford, pp294. ISBN 1571819401
- Heuser, B. (1998) ‘Historical ‘lessons’ and discourse on defence in France, Germany, 1945-1990’,. Rethinking History, 3. pp. 199-237.
- Heuser, B. (1998) ‘Les puissances nucléaires officielles: entre désarmement et prolifération’. Les Cahiers de la Fondation pour les Etudes de Défense (11). pp. 37-44. (Pour une nouvelle politique de l’arme nucléaire)
- Heuser, B. (1998) Nuclear Mentalities? Strategies and Beliefs in Britain, France and the FRG. Macmillan and St Martin's Press, Basingstoke and New York, pp277. ISBN 0333693892
- Heuser, B., Géré, F. and Baer, A. (1998) Réflexions sur le ‘Nucléaire interdit'. CREST, Paris, pp250.
- Heuser, B. (1998) ‘Victory in a Nuclear War? A Comparison of NATO and WTO War Aims and Strategies’. Contemporary European History , 7 (3). pp. 311-328.
1997
- Heuser, B. (1997) NATO, Britain, France and the FRG: Nuclear Strategies and Forces for Europe, 1949-2000. Macmillan and St Martin's Press, Basingstoke and New York, pp256. ISBN 0312174985
1996
- Heuser, B., Géré, F. and Baer, A. (1996) ‘La coopération nucléaire européenne: de la guerre froide au XXIe siècle’. In: Demain, l'ombre portée de l'arme nucléaire. CREST, Paris, pp. 35-48.
- Heuser, B. (1996) Transatlantic Relations: Sharing Ideals and Costs. Chatham House Papers. Pinter, London, pp126. ISBN 185567355X
1995
- Heuser, B. (1995) ‘European strategists and European identity in the nuclear age’. Journal of European Integration History, 1 (2). pp. 61-80. ISSN 0947-9511
1993
- Heuser, B. (1993) ‘European defence before and after the "turn of the tide"’. Review of International Studies , 19 (3). pp. 409-419.
- Heuser, B. (1993) ‘Containing Uncertainty: Options for British Nuclear Strategy’. Review of International Studies, 19 (3). pp. 245-267. ISSN 0260-2105
- Heuser, B. (1993) ‘Warsaw Pact Military Doctrines in the 70s and 80s: Findings in the East German Archives’. Comparative Strategy, 124. pp. 437-457.
1992
- Heuser, B. (1992) ‘Keystone in the Division of Europe: Germany in the Cold War’. Contemporary European History, 1 (3). pp. 323-333. ISSN 1469-2171
- Heuser, B. and O'Neill, R., eds. (1992) Securing Peace in Europe, 1945-62: Thoughts for the Post-Cold War Era. St Antony's. Macmillan, London, pp335. ISBN 0333550021
1991
- Heuser, B. (1991) ‘NSC 68 and the Soviet Threat: A New Perspective on Western Threat Perception and Policy Making’. Review of International Studies , 17 (1). pp. 17-40.
1990
- Heuser, B. (1990) ‘Museums, Identity, and Warring Historians: Observations on History in Germany’. The Historical Journal. ISSN 1469-5103
1989
- Heuser, B. (1989) Western Containment Policies in the Cold War; The Yugoslav Case, 1948-1953. Routledge, London & New York, pp304. ISBN 0415013038
1988
- Heuser, B. (1988) ‘The Historikerstreit: Uniqueness and Comparability of the Holocaust'. German History, 6 (1). pp. 69-78. ISSN 1477-089X
- Qualifications:
- University of London (B.A. and M.A.)
University of Oxford (D.Phil.)
Habilitation at the Philipps University of Marburg