Strategy.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Marine Corps, issuing body.

Series:

MCDP ; 1-1.

MCDP ; 1-1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Marine Corps--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

United States.

United States. Marine Corps.

Strategy.

Genre:

Online resources.

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1997.

Summary:

"This publication is designed to give Marine leaders a solid, common understanding of the fundamental nature of military strategy that is inherent in each military action. Its intent is to give the reader the basic knowledge required to think "strategically," that is, to be able to examine the particulars of any specific situation and understand the political and military factors behind the use of military force." -- p. [i].

Contents:

Introduction : The study of strategy

The strategic environment. The nature of politics and war ; Further defining war ; The nature of war-making political entities ; Strategic constants and norms ; The physical environment ; National character ; War and the state ; The balance of power mechanism ; The trinity

Strategy: Ends and means. National strategy ; Ends in national strategy ; Survival and victory ; Political objectives ; Means in national strategy ; Adapting means to ends, and vice versa ; Ends in military strategy ; Relationship between political and military objectives ; Distinguishing between erosion and annihilation strategies

Strategic opposites. Defensive and offensive strategies ; Symmetrical and asymmetrical strategies ; Deterrence: strategies of reprisal or denial ; Standardized or tailored strategies ; Strategy by intent or by default ; Evaluating opposite strategies

The making of strategy. The strategy-making process ; The strategic assessment ; Political objectives ; Military objectives and the means to achieve them ; Strategic concepts ; Who makes strategy? ; Just war ; Strategy-making pitfalls ; Strategic panaceas ; Emphasizing process over product ; The fait accompli ; Limited and unlimited wars ; Paralysis and recklessness

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-115).

"12 November 1997."

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (USMC, viewed December 18, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version: Strategy

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OCLC:

945735273