Gray presents an inventive treatise on the nature of strategy, war,
and peace, organized around forty maxims. This collection of
mini-essays will forearm politicians, soldiers, and the attentive
general public against many—probably most—fallacies that abound in
contemporary debates about war, peace, and security. While one can
never guarantee strategic success, which depends on policy, military
prowess, and the quality of the dialogue between the two, a strategic
education led by the judgments in these maxims increases the chances
that one's errors will be small rather than catastrophic. The maxims
are grouped according to five clusters. War and Peace tackles the
larger issues of strategic history that drive the demand for the
services of strategic thought and practice. Strategy presses further,
into the realm of strategic behavior, and serves as a bridge between
the political focus of part one and the military concerns that follow.
In Military Power and Warfare turns to the pragmatic business of
military performance: operations, tactics, and logistics. Part four,
Security and Insecurity examines why strategy is important, including
a discussion of the nature, dynamic character, and functioning of
world politics. Finally, History and the Future is meant to help
strategists better understand the processes of historical change.
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ISBN
9780313082245
Publisert
2023
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Praeger
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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