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Military strategy : a very short introduction / Antulio J. Echevarria II.
By: Echevarria, Antulio Joseph [author.]
.Series: Very short introductions: 523.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: 131 pages : illustrations, maps.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199340132.Subject(s): Strategy | Military art and scienceDDC classification: 355.4
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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.
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?
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 355.4 ECH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 013878 |
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| 355.370941 BEC Britain's part-time soldiers : | 355.370941 POT A testimony to courage : | 355.4 CIM Multinational military intervention : | 355.4 ECH Military strategy : a very short introduction / | 355.4 STR The direction of war : | 355.4082 FOR Women war heroines / | 355.409 COL Decisive battles : |
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.