The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War - Hardcover

 
9780521453899: The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521453895 ISBN 13: 9780521453899
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This volume focuses on the processes by which rulers and states have framed strategy from the fifth century BC to the present.

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Review

"This book traces the processes that resulted in military strategies in 17 cases, ranging from ancient Greece and Rome to American nuclear strategy....Each essay is self-contained, and academics searching for brief but expert analyses of strategic case studies for teaching purposes will welcome this book." Foreign Affairs

"...the essays, including those on Israel and the United States in the nuclear age, are presented with remarkable verve and freshness." Brian Bond, Times Literary Supplement

"The essays by some of the finest strategic analysts in the world, both historians and historically minded political scientists, are of a uniformly high quality. The Making of Strategy is an exceptional work. Anyone who wishes to understand the essence of strategy-making as a process, and the factors that influence strategy-making will profit by reading these essays." Mackubin T. Owens, Strategic Review

"One of the advantages of the book is its essays on lesser-known periods for some powers....Military historians and political scientists can benefit from this work, as can students from the upper-division undergraduate level onward." R. Higham, Choice

"The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War offers an important collection of essays which examines the process of strategic decision-making from the Peloponnesian Wars to the nuclear age." The International History Review

Book Description

An analysis of how rulers and states from the fifth century BC to the present day have formulated their strategic choices. The case studies range from fifth-century Athens to Hitler's Germany, from Ming China to Israel and the post-war world order.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521453895
ISBN 13 
9780521453899
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
704
Editor
Murray Williamson, Bernstein Alvin, Knox MacGregor

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