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Military strategy : a very short introduction / Antulio J. Echevarria II.

By: Echevarria, Antulio Joseph, 1959- [author.]Series: Very short introductions: 523.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: 131 pages : illustrations, mapsContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199340132Subject(s): Strategy | Military art and scienceDDC classification: 355.4
Contents:
Prologue -- What is military strategy? -- Annihilation and dislocation -- Attrition and exhaustion -- Deterrence and coercion -- Terror and terrorism -- Decapitation and targeted killing -- Cyber power and military strategy -- What causes military strategies to succeed or fail?
Summary: "This Very Short Introduction adapts Clausewitz's framework to highlight the dynamic relationship between the main elements of strategy: purpose, method, and means. Drawing on historical examples, Echevarria discusses the major types of military strategy and how emerging technologies are affecting them."--Provided by publisher.
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Book House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey 355.4 ECH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 013878

Prologue -- What is military strategy? -- Annihilation and dislocation -- Attrition and exhaustion -- Deterrence and coercion -- Terror and terrorism -- Decapitation and targeted killing -- Cyber power and military strategy -- What causes military strategies to succeed or fail?

"This Very Short Introduction adapts Clausewitz's framework to highlight the dynamic relationship between the main elements of strategy: purpose, method, and means. Drawing on historical examples, Echevarria discusses the major types of military strategy and how emerging technologies are affecting them."--Provided by publisher.

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