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Modern Strategy explains the permanent nature, but ever changing character, of strategy in light of the whole strategic experience of the twentieth century. The book is a major contribution to the general theory of strategy; it makes sense of the strategic history of the twentieth century, and provides understanding of what that strategic history implies for the century to
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Paperback, 432 pages
Published
November 18th 1999
by Oxford University Press, USA
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Modern Strategy is a book important to my understanding of the history of the 20th century. Colin Gray's explanation of the century in terms of strategic activity, foreign policy, and war is fascinating and instructional. Among his many salient points, he hammers 2 repeatedly: strategy is a continuous process, a constant stream of strategic competition between nations, and the practice of strategy itself, which is unaffected by technological progress, has remained unchanged through all of histor
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If someone has a copy of Clausewitz on the shelf you can just about guarantee he hasn't read it. It's large, it's known, and most people in the national security business can whip out a short quote on you to make a point; but it's rare to find someone--myself included--who can get through it. It's dry, the sentences go on for days, and it's best to just highlight those useful quotes before sticking it (prominently) on the shelf in your office. Professor Gray, however, has done the nug work for t ...more
A very good overview and introduction to strategy. I read it as a supplemental reading while at ICCC. Helped me to decide to become a FA 59. Some folks think he's kind of snarky, but it was a very good read. He's a great lecturer in person, as well.
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Colin S. Gray is a British-American strategic thinker and professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies at the University of Reading, where he is the director of the Centre for Strategic Studies. In addition, he is a Senior Associate to the National Institute for Public Policy.
Gray was educated at the University of Manchester and the University of Oxford. He worked at the Internationa ...more
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