Military Strategy: A General Theory of Power Control (Classics of Sea Power S.)

Wylie, Joseph C. , 1911-1993 (author)| ; John Hattendorf (Introduction By) ; Moira M Megargee, Wayne P Hughes

ISBN 10: 0870213628 / ISBN 13: 9780870213625

Published by Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., [1989], 1967, 1989

About this Item

xxxv, 169 pages : 1 illustration ; 22 cm. ISBN 9780870213625, 0870213628 OCLC 19815162 ; Originally published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1967; green cloth and boards ; no dustjacket ; In Military Strategy Rear Admiral J.C. Wylie invented the intellectual framework and terminology with which to understand strategy as a means of control. He synthesized the four existing specific theories of strategy into one general theory that is as valid today as when it was first created. Wylie has written a penetrating new postscript especially for this "Classics of Sea Power" edition that takes an up-to-the-minute look at such topics as terrorism, Nicaraguan politics, and the Strategic Defense Initiative. After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1932, Wylie served in the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) under Captain Chester Nimitz. He had duty in the Naval Academy's executive department ; To supplement the text, John Hattendorg's introduction presents a detailed intellectual biography of Wylie. In addition, several of Wylie's most significant shorter writings are included as appendixes. J.C. Wylie retired from the U.S. Navy as a rear admiral in 1972, after a forty-four-year naval career that included service as chief of staff as the Naval War College. John B. Hattendorf is Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, and co-editor of "Sea Power" series.; ownership stamp on front endpaper of Edward William Girard (1930-2020), a Boeing engineer & Rockwell Missile Systems Division operational analysis manager that served in the Navy during the Korean War. He was instrumental in proposing national re-emphasis on maritime strategy in the wake of the Israeli Six-Day War in 1967 & earlier, in 1961, the use of war games to function as pseudo-experiments, producing data for analysis ; An article from the Naval War College Foundation Newsletter is laid in. ; FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Military Strategy: A General Theory of Power Control (Classics of Sea Power S.)
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., [1989], 1967
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870213628
• ISBN 13: 9780870213625
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

In Military StrategyRear Admiral J.C. Wylie invented the intellectual framework and terminology with which to understand strategy as a means of control. He synthesized the four existing specific theories of strategy into one general theory that is as valid today as when it was first created. Wylie has written a penetrating new postscript especially for this "Classics of Sea Power" edition that takes an up-to-the-minute look at such topics as terrorism, Nicaraguan politics, and the Strategic Defense Initiative. To supplement the text, John Hattendorg's introduction presents a detailed intellectual biography of Wylie. In addition, several of Wylie's most significant shorter writings are included as appendixes. J.C. Wylie retired from the U.S. Navy as a rear admiral in 1972, after a forty-four-year naval career that included service as chief of staff as the Naval War College. John B. Hattendorf is Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, and co-editor of "Sea Power" series.

About the Author

Rear Admiral Joseph Caldwell Wylie, Jr., USN was born March 3, 1911 and died on January 29, 1993 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.