Colin S. Gray
Born
in The United Kingdom
December 29, 1943
Died
February 27, 2020
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The Future of Strategy
2 editions
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published
2015
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Another Bloody Century: Future Warfare
5 editions
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published
2007
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Fighting Talk: Forty Maxims on War, Peace, and Strategy
3 editions
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published
2007
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Modern Strategy
3 editions
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published
1999
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War, Peace and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History
17 editions
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published
2007
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The Strategy Bridge: Theory for Practice
3 editions
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published
2010
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Leverage of Sea Power
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published
1992
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Airpower for Strategic Effect
6 editions
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published
2011
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Geopolitics, Geography and Strategy
by
6 editions
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published
1999
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Strategy for Chaos: Revolutions in Military Affairs and the Evidence of History
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9 editions
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published
2002
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“It should be needless to add that policy needs to be somewhat flexible and adaptive since war has a way of frustrating political intentions. It is a blunt instrument, and there are many reasons why cunning plans often go awry, not the least among which is the fact of an enemy with an independent will.
It would be difficult to overstate the significance of this maxim. Maxim 3 insists both that we never forget that war is about peace (see Maxim 2), and, more pointedly, that the making of peace is likely to be more difficult than the waging of war. It is a common, and somewhat understandable, error to assume that if one takes care of the fighting in an efficient manner, and the enemy is duly humbled, somehow the subsequent peace will all but take care of itself. Indeed, to go further, it is by no means unknown for professional soldiers to be less than fascinated by the political consequences of their military efforts.”
― Fighting Talk: Forty Maxims on War Peace and Strategy
It would be difficult to overstate the significance of this maxim. Maxim 3 insists both that we never forget that war is about peace (see Maxim 2), and, more pointedly, that the making of peace is likely to be more difficult than the waging of war. It is a common, and somewhat understandable, error to assume that if one takes care of the fighting in an efficient manner, and the enemy is duly humbled, somehow the subsequent peace will all but take care of itself. Indeed, to go further, it is by no means unknown for professional soldiers to be less than fascinated by the political consequences of their military efforts.”
― Fighting Talk: Forty Maxims on War Peace and Strategy
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