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"The book presents the theory, rather than merely comments on the theory as developed by others. The author explains that the purpose of strategy is to connect purposefully politics and policy with the instruments they must use. The primary focus of attention is on military strategy, but this f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gray, Colin S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; London : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Strategy.
Stratégie.
Strategy
Militaire strategie.
Militaire politiek.
Military & Naval Science.
Law, Politics & Government.
Military Science - General.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Surviving Clausewitz
  • The theory of strategy, I : enduring nature, changing character
  • The theory of strategy, II : construction, execution, and consequences
  • Politics, war, and strategy
  • Problems with strategy : often a bridge too far
  • The product : strategic effect
  • Strategy, strategists, and command performance : joining up the dots
  • Conclusion : bandit country and the strategist's quest for control
  • Appendices. A. The dicta of strategy ; B. General strategic theory, the classical canon ; C. Conceptual 'Hueys' at Thermopylae? The challenge of strategic anachronism ; D. Potent trinities : fourteen skeleton keys of theory for the strategist.