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Author:   Colin S. Gray (Professor of International Politics and Strategic Studies, University of Reading.)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9780199579662

ISBN 10:   0199579660
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   02 September 2010
Audience:   Adult education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Further / Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Surviving Clausewitz PART I: THEORY 1: The Theory of Strategy, I: Enduring Nature, Changing Character 2: The Theory of 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 Command Performance: Joining Up the Dots PART III: CONTEXT AND PURPOSE 7: Conclusion: Bandit Country and the Strategist's Quest for Control Appendices Appendix A The Dicta of Strategy Appendix B General Strategic Theory, the Classical Canon Appendix C Conceptual 'Hueys' at Thermopylae? The Challenge of Strategic Anachronism Appendix D Potent Trinities: Fourteen Skeleton Keys of Theory for the Strategist Bibliography

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For any aspiring military officer, there could be no better book than this. Christopher Coker, The Rusi Journal

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Dr. Colin S. Gray is Professor of International Politics and Strategic Studies at the University of Reading in England. He is a dual US-UK citizen and serves as an adviser in Washington, DC, and London. He was educated in England at the Universities of Manchester and Oxford. Dr. Gray has taught at universities in Britain, Canada, and the United States, has been assistant director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (London), and worked with Herman Kahn at the Hudson Institute before founding the National Institute for Public Policy in Washington. From 1982 until 1987 he held a presidential appointment on the President's Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament.

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