Modern Strategy

Name: Modern Strategy
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ISBN: 9780198782513

ISBN-10: 0198782519

ISBN-13: 9780198782513

Edition: 1999

Authors: Colin S. Gray

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Modern Strategy explains the permanent nature, but ever changing character, of strategy in light of the whole strategic experience of the twentieth century. The book is a major contribution to the general theory of strategy; it makes sense of the strategic history of the twentieth century, and provides understanding of what that strategic history implies for the century to come. The book offers a uniquely comprehensive analysis of the different facets of modern strategy. The classic writings of Carl von Clausewitz are reconsidered for their continuing relevance, while possible successors are appraised. In addition to arguing that Clausewitz figured out what strategy was, and how it worked,…

Book details

List price: $129.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/18/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 426
Size: 6.73" wide x 9.69" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.738



Introduction


The Expanding Universe of Strategy


The Dimensions of Strategy


Strategy, Politics, Ethics


Strategist's Toolkit: The Clausewitzian Legacy


The Poverty of Modern Strategic Thought


Strategic Culture as Context


Windows on War


Patterns in Strategic Experience


The Grammar of Strategy I: Terrestrial Action


The Grammar of Strategy II: Altitude and Electrons


Small Wars and other Savage Violence


Second Thoughts on Nuclear Weapons


Nuclear Weapons in Strategic History


Strategy Eternal