The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War

Murray, Williamson

ISBN 10: 0521566274 / ISBN 13: 9780521566278

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1996

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The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War is about the messy, but practical, process through which rulers and states have actually framed strategy. 17 cases studies, ranging from fifth-century Athens and Ming China to Hitler's Germany, Israel, and the post-1945 United States.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521566274
• ISBN 13: 9780521566278
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Technology & Engineering
  • Military
  • Military History

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Synopsis

Moving beyond the limited focus of the individual strategic theorist or the great military leader, The Making of Strategy concentrates instead on the processes by which rulers and states have formed strategy. Seventeen case studies--from the fifth century B.C. to the present--analyze through a common framework how strategists have sought to implement a coherent course of action against their adversaries. This fascinating book considers the impact of such complexities as the geographic, political, economic and technical forces that have driven the transformation of strategy since the beginning of civilization and seem likely to alter the making of strategy in the future.

Book Description

Seventeen case studies--from the fifth century B.C. to the present--analyze through a common framework how strategists have sought to implement a coherent course of action against their adversaries. They concentrate on the processes by which rulers and states have formed strategy.