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Information Strategy and Warfare
A Guide to Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2007
This volume develops information strategy as a construct equal in importance to military strategy as an influential tool of statecraft.John Arquilla and Douglas A. Borer explore three principal themes:the rise of theinformation domain and information strategy as an equal partner alongside traditional military strategythe need to consider the org
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2014
The United States prefers to fight in coalitions, and has made this clear in both word and deed. Most of the key American national security or defense strategies, such as the Quadrennial Defense Review report or the National Security Strategy, of the last decade or more note this fact. In practice,...
by A. Wess Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
The Habsburg Empire’s grand strategy for outmaneuvering and outlasting stronger rivals in a complicated geopolitical world
The Empire of Habsburg Austria faced more enemies than any other European great power. Flanked on four sides by rivals, it possessed few of the advantages that explain...
by Luke Ike
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
This book produces a comprehensive introduction to business strategy. The purpose is to help managers and students who aim to be managers develop their awareness and understanding of business strategy.
Quarterly Essay 58 Blood Year
Terror and the Islamic State
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Winner of the 2015 Walkley Award for best long feature writing
Last year was a “blood year” in the Middle East – massacres and fallen cities, collapsed and collapsing states, the unravelling of a decade of Western strategy. We saw the rise of ISIS, the splintering of government in Iraq,...
Musashi's Book of Five Rings
The Definitive Interpertation of Miyomoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
This classic interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's famous Book of Five Rings is intended specifically for the martial artist—as Miyamoto Musashi originally intended.
It explains the underlying truths necessary for a full understanding of Musashi's message for warriors. The result is an enthralling...
The Complete Art of War
The Art of War by Sun Tzu; On War by Carl von Clausewitz; The Art of War by Niccolò Machiavelli; The Art of War by Baron de Jomini
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Collected here in this 4-in-1 omnibus are the most important books ever written on the art of war: 'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu; 'On War' by Carl von Clausewitz; 'The Art of War' by Niccolò Machiavelli, and 'The Art of War' by Baron De Jomini. These four books will give you as complete a view on the...
Nuclear Superiority
The 'New Triad' and the Evolution of American Nuclear Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
In 2002 the Bush administration completed a Nuclear Posture Review that introduced a ‘new triad’ based on offensive-strike systems, defences and a revitalized defence infrastructure. The new triad is designed for a new strategic threat environment, characterized not by a long-standing nuclear...
Strategic Studies
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
The second edition of Strategic Studies: A Reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors to the field. This revised volume contains several new essays and updated introductions to each section.
The volume comprises hard-to-find classics in the field...
Fire on the Water
China, America, and the Future of the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
The main theme of Fire on the Water is that conventional measures of military balance, employed by both the general public and many policy experts, underestimate the threat that China’s military modernization poses to the U.S. position in the Asia-Pacific region. Within a decade, China’s leaders...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this study answers a simple question: Is there strategic utility in targeting high-value individuals via covert or clandestine actions? This thesis submits that there is strategic utility to high-value individual targeting...
by Antulio J. Echevarria, II
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Distilling the ideas of the greatest military theoreticians of history, including Sun Tzu, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Carl von Clausewitz, Antulio J. Echevarria II presents a fascinating account of the "art of the general." Drawing on historical examples, from Hannibal's war against Rome to Napoleon's...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) seeks to adapt, reshape, and rebalance our military to prepare for the strategic challenges and opportunities we face in the years ahead. Building on the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance, the QDR prioritizes three strategic pillars: defending the homeland;...
The Fourth Power
A Grand Strategy for the United States in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2004
Today, even as America asserts itself globally, it lacks a grand strategy to replace "containment of communism." In this short, sharp book, Gary Hart outlines a new grand strategy, one directing America's powers to the achievement of its large purposes. Central to this strategy is the power of American...