Understanding Modern Warfare Quotes

“Most practitioners need to be educated to recognise the relevance of theory to their search for workable solutions to today's problems, whereas theorists must never forget that their labours ultimately only have meaning and value for the world of strategic behaviour.”
― David Jordan, Understanding Modern Warfare

“Clausewitz summarises both the value and limits of theory: ‘[Theory] is meant to educate the mind of the future commander, or, more accurately, to guide him in his self-education, not to accompany him to the battlefield.”
― David Jordan, Understanding Modern Warfare

“strategy is the art of the possible”
― David Jordan, Understanding Modern Warfare

“In modern military colleges strategic theory often receives significantly less attention than subjects such as defence management and procurement. The result of such an approach is that the military tend towards an over-reliance on simplistic principles concerned with tactical and operational issues, such as the Principles of War.”
― David Jordan, Understanding Modern Warfare