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Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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Loot Price R270
Discovery Miles 2 700
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Since ancient times, poets, historians, and philosophers have
contemplated warlords' exploits in battle and praised their ability
to lead armies toward victory as the "art of the general." Today,
this quality is designated military strategy. Military strategy
plays a vital role in every conflict, because, as the United
States' involvement in the Vietnam conflict showed, when the
overarching strategy is weak it is possible to win every battle but
still lose a war. Taking inspiration from the greatest military
theoreticians of history, such as Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli, and
Carl von Clausewitz, this Very Short Introduction highlights the
dynamic relationship between the principal components of strategy:
purpose, method, and means. Drawing on paradigmatic examples, from
Hannibal's war against Rome to Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz,
from the Allies' campaign to overwhelm Hitler's fortress to the
terror attacks of September 11, Antulio J. Echevarria II vividly
illustrates the factors contributing to the success or failure of
military strategy. Echevarria describes the major types of military
strategy and their advantages and disadvantages: annihilation and
dislocation; attrition and exhaustion; deterrence and coercion;
terror and terrorism; targeted killing; and cyber power. He also
explores the emerging nano- and bio-genetic technologies and
explains how they are affecting today's military strategy. Clear
and engaging, this book shows that military strategy is essential
for understanding major events of the past and becomes even more
critical today, in a world increasingly threatened by weapons of
mass destruction, terrorist attacks, and new dimensions of
conflict, such as cyberwar and space.
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