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1 online resource (209 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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"" |
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Appendix C: ""Why a Sailor Thinks Like a Sailor""Index; About the Editor. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Military doctrine.
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Military doctrine. |
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Military policy -- History.
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Military policy. |
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History. |
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Strategy.
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Strategy. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wylie, Jr, Joseph Caldwell. Military Strategy : A General Theory of Power Control. New York : Naval Institute Press, ©2014 9781591149842 |
| ISBN |
9781612515151 (electronic book) |
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1612515150 (electronic book) |
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