The Strategy Bridge presents and explains the general theory of strategy and demonstrates the relevance of that theory to the real world of practice. The author explains what strategy is and how it relates to politics and warfare. The book is not 'about' the theory of strategy, rather it is that theory. INDICE: Preface; Introduction: Surviving Clausewitz; PART I: THEORY; 1:The Theory of Strategy, I: Enduring Nature, Changing Character; 2: The Theoryof Strategy, II: Construction, Execution, and Consequences; 3: Politics, War,and Strategy; PART II: PRACTICE; 4: Problems with Strategy: Often a Bridge too Far; 5: The Product: Strategic Effect; 6: Strategy, Strategists, and CommandPerformance: Joining Up the Dots; PART III: CONTEXT AND PURPOSE; 7: Conclusion: Bandit Country and the Strategist's Quest for Control; Appendices; AppendixA The Dicta of Strategy; Appendix B General Strategic Theory, the Classical Canon; Appendix C Conceptual 'Hueys' at Thermopylae? The Challenge of StrategicAnachronism; Appendix D Potent Trinities: Fourteen Skeleton Keys of Theory for the Strategist; Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-19-957966-2
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 02/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés