Strategy and Grand Strategy: What Students and Practitioners Need to Know

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biddle, Tami Davis, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (94 p.))

Place of Publication:

Department of the Army [Imprint] March 2016 Washington : United States Government Printing Office

Summary:

In this monograph, Dr. Tami Davis Biddle examines why it is so difficult to devise, implement, and sustain sound strategies and grand strategies. Her analysis begins with an examination of the meaning of the term "strategy" and a history of the ways that political actors have sought to employ strategies and grand strategies to achieve their desired political aims. She examines the reasons why the logic undergirding strategy is often lacking and why challenges of imple-mentation (including bureaucratic politics, unforeseen events, civil-military tensions, and domestic pressures) complicate and undermine desired outcomes. This clear-headed critique, built on a broad base of literature (historical and modern; academic and policy-oriented), will serve as a valuable guide to students and policymakers alike as they seek to navigate their way through the unavoidable challenges--and inevitable twists and turns--inherent in the development and implementation of strategy.