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Book SynopsisPerspectives on Strategy examines in depth five aspects of strategy. Strategic thought and behaviour are explored and explained from the perspectives of intellect, morality, culture, geography, and technology. Each perspective has attracted persisting controversy. Perspectives on Strategy is strongly complementary to the author''s previous book, The Strategy Bridge: Theory for Practice (OUP, 2010). This new work takes a notably holistic view of strategic phenomena, which serves as a master framework within which detailed examination of strategic history and issues can usefully be pursued in the light of particular perspectives. Foundational for the argument in Perspectives on Strategy is the proposition that distinctive aspects of strategy (e.g. ethics, culture, inter alia) can only be appreciated properly when they are regarded in context. The author shares this view with T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia), who wrote of the ''whole house of war''. Perspectives on Strategy gratefully adapts La
Trade ReviewOne of the most detailed and important investigations of the concept of strategy published in recent decades. * C.Dale Walton, Lindenwood University *
Gray . . . is one of the most prolific authors on strategic thought, and one of the most respected . . . anyone interested in the edifice of strategic thought will find it [the book] a useful exercise. * D.McIntosh, Choice Magazine *
Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Introduction Master Narrative 1: Concepts: Mind and Muscle 2: Ethics: Strategy's Moral Maze 3: Culture: Beliefs, Customs, and Strategic Behaviour 4: Geography: Geopolitics and Deterrence 5: Technology: Magic Bullets? 6: Conclusion: The Whole House of Strategy, Perilous Dualism Bibliography Index
