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Grand strategy in theory and practice
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This book explores fundamental questions about grand strategy, as it has evolved across generations and countries. It provides an overview of the ancient era of grand strategy and a detailed discussion of its philosophical, military, and economic foundations in the modern era. This study investigates these aspects through the lens of four approaches – those of historians, social scientists, practitioners, and military strategists. The main goal of this book is to provide contemporary policy makers and scholars with a rigorous historic and analytic framework for evaluating and conducting grand strategy. By providing greater analytical clarity about grand strategy and describing its nature and utility for policy makers, the book presents a comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of grand strategy. It articulates how many states, including the United States, define their past, present, and future purposes in the conduct of foreign policy.
For times of great strategic change, this work explores in a precise manner the concept known as grand strategy that the state seeks to formulate and implement. Even while scholars and policy makers debate grand strategy, we ambiguously use the term to describe both a general approach to policy as well as more specific policies that states may pursue in peacetime or war. What is missing from the debate, however, is a detailed analytic and historical examination of grand strategy, from ancient to modern times, as a useful guide for action or as a meaningful way to analyze the successes and failures of past policy. Fundamentally, grand strategy describes how the nation sees its role in the world and the broad objectives that govern its actions.
William C. Martel - Personal Name
1st Edtion
States
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Grand strategy in theory and practice
Management
English
2015
USA
1-550
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