?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 d...

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1. Verfasser:	Wylie, J. C. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Naval Inst. 2014
Schriftenreihe:	Classics of sea power
Schlagworte:	Military doctrine Military policy / History Strategy Geschichte Militär Strategie
Zusammenfassung:	?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
Beschreibung:	Repr. of 1989 ed. 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
Beschreibung:	XXXV, 169 S. 1 Portr. (des Verf.]