Military strategy : a general theory of power control / by J.C. Wylie, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wylie, J. C. (Joseph Caldwell), 1911-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military doctrine.

Military policy--History.

Military policy.

Strategy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Military Strategy

Place of Publication:

New York : Naval Institute Press, 2014.

Summary:

?No military service can long remain effective without searching self-criticism and continuous re-examination of its own ideas. Wylie, well known in the Navy, is a refreshingly and outspoken individual, thoroughly at home on the bridge of a ship, but equally at home in the semantics of dialectical discussion. He has produced a simple but relevant little work in an attempt to promote order in the discussion of strategy. . . . To the traditional theories of strategy-the maritime theory, the air theory, the continental theory-Wylie adds the ?Mao theory' of wars of national liberatio

Contents:

Table of Contents; Introduction; MILITARY STRATEGY; Preface; Table of Contents; 1. The Military Mind and Strategy; 2. Methods of Studying Strategy; 3. Cumulative and Sequential Strategies; 4. The Case for Theory in Strategy; 5. The Existing Theories; 6. The Limitations of Existing Theories; 7. Assumptions Underlying a General Theory; 8. The Development of a General Theory; 9. Observations on the Application of Theory; 10. Conclusion; Postscript: Twenty Years Later; Appendix A: Excerpt from ""Reflections on the War in the Pacific""; Appendix B: ""On Maritime Strategy""

Appendix C: ""Why a Sailor Thinks Like a Sailor""Index; About the Editor

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Wylie, Jr, Joseph Caldwell. Military Strategy : A General Theory of Power Control.

ISBN:

9781612515151

1612515150

OCLC:

877769753