Description
Book SynopsisStrategy is not a modern invention. It is an essential and enduring feature of human history that is here to stay. In this original essay, Colin S.
Trade Review"In an era of strategic atrophy when we�re wrestling with a world awash in change, The Future of Strategy provides the best and most relevant guide to navigate our way. Using enduring principles Colin Gray lights the path ahead in a book that stands alone in its clarity and strategic insight."
General James N. Mattis, USMC (ret.), Hoover Institution, Stanford University
"Colin S Gray is one of the great strategic thinkers of the day. In The Future of Strategy he argues that there is a general theory of strategy that applies to all times, places and circumstances. Insightful and controversial, it is a must-read for all students of strategic studies and policy makers who wrestle with the difficult strategic issues of the contemporary world."
John Baylis, Emeritus Professor, Swansea University
Table of ContentsPreface viii
Introduction 1
1 Politics the Master 7
2 Strategy: What It Is, and Why It Matters 23
3 Theory and Practice 43
4 Strategic History: Continuity and Change 63
5 Strategy, Strategies, and Geography 80
6 Strategy and the Future 98
Conclusion: What Do We Know with High Confidence? 107
Further reading 118
Notes 123
Index 140
