The Future of Strategy
Language: English
Published by Polity, United States, 2015
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Polity Press, 2015. Hardcover. First edition. ISBN 9780745687933. Excellent condition overall; appears unread or very lightly handled. Bright blue illustrated hardback boards with minimal signs of shelf wear. Prince Consort’s Library, Aldershot ownership label/stamp to preliminary pages, otherwise a particularly clean and attractive copy. Binding firm and contents very well preserved. Hardback edition, not the more commonly encountered paperback issue (ISBN 9780745687940).
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- Title
- The Future of Strategy
- Author
- Gray, Colin S.
- Publisher
- Polity, United States
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0745687938
- ISBN 13
- 9780745687933
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 318 grams
- Dimensions
- 14.48 centimeters width by 22.35 centimeters height by 1.78 centimeters depth
Strategy is not a modern invention. It is an essential and enduring feature of human history that is here to stay. In this original essay, Colin S. Gray, world-renowned scholar of strategic thought, discusses the meaning of strategy and its importance for politicians and the military as a means of achieving desired outcomes in complex, uncertain conditions.
Drawing on a wide range of examples from the Great Peloponnesian War to the Second World War, Vietnam, and the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Gray ably shows how great military thinkers of the past and present have acted strategically in their various ideological, political, geographical and cultural contexts. Looking to the future, he argues that strategy will continue to provide a vital tool-kit for survival and security, but that the global threat posed by nuclear weapons remains an on-going challenge without obvious practical solutions. As Gray boldy asserts, there is no promised land ahead, only hard and dangerous times that will require us to master the theory and practice of strategy to secure our own future.
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About the Author
Colin S. Gray is Professor Emeritus of Strategic Studies at the University of Reading. He has served as a Defence Advisor to both UK and US governments and is the author of 28 books on military history and strategic studies, as well as numerous academic articles.
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