Military Strategy: Principles, Practices, and Historical Perspectives

by John M. Collins

John M. Collins has distilled the wisdom of history’s great military minds to tutor readers on the necessary intellectual skills to win not only battles but also wars. He illuminates practices that worked well or poorly in the past, together with reasons why. He discusses national security interests, strategic building blocks, military strategies across the conflict spectrum, methods for developing talent and strategic acumen, and recent case studies that put principles into practice. Collins never tells readers what to think, but in Military Strategy he provides them with the intellectual tools to think for themselves. Written in a clear, straightforward style, this book will appeal to officers, policy-makers, students, and the public.

Genres: Military Fiction, War, Nonfiction, History

350 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2001

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Reviews

[Stanley Xue · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had a skim read through it. It was ok - quite removed/big picture/arm-wavy about broad concepts/principles. Yeah...very broad. Short case study at the end on the Bosnian/Kosovo wars was pretty interesting.

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first few chapters were good because the concepts were new to me and well explained. Beyond that, it was essentially a glossary of war terms with unnecessarily long explanations.

[Nativeabuse · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not really what I was looking for, doesn't go anywhere near indepth enough on any topics. The bits that were actually useful were few and far between. There was not very much actual strategy and literally no game theory type of analysis. It was really a meh book.