A global account of military strategy, which examines the practices, rather than the theories, of the most significant military figures of the past 400 years
Strategy has existed as long as there has been organised conflict. In this new account, Jeremy Black explores the ever-changing relationship between purpose, force, implementation and effectiveness in military strategy and its dramatic impact on the development of the global power system.
Taking a 'total' view of strategy, Black looks at leading powers - notably the United States, China, Britain and Russia - in the wider context of their competition and their domestic and international strengths. Ranging from France's Ancien Regime and Britain's empire building to present day conflicts in the Middle East, Black devotes particular attention to the strategic practice and decisions of the Kangxi Emperor, Clausewitz, Napoleon and Hitler.
Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter, UK. He has published widely in military history, including War and the World and Air Power. His other works include Maps and History and Naval Warfare.
Title: Military Strategy: A Global History
Author: Black, Jeremy
ISBN: 9780300217186
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Date: 2020-02-25
Number of Pages: 480
Weight: 0.6802 kg
This book offers valuable insights into strategy -Beatrice Heuser, Financial Times
Black's greatest strength is his deep knowledge of international history, which is fully on display. -Lawrence Freedman, History Today
Once again, Jeremy Black has shown that he can meld incisive historical insight with important modern-day lessons. Anyone connected with strategic decision-making, even far beyond the military sphere, will profit from reading this hugely readable and scholarly work, as will anyone interested in seeing how the great decision-makers of the past got things so right occasionally, but so wrong all too often. -Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Jeremy Black is one of Britain's foremost historians and a world leader in the subject of military strategy. He has expanded his purview to the global story of strategy in a bold and imaginative study. -John Bew, author of Citizen Clem: A Life of Attlee
This book succeeds in communicating the dynamics of strategy across a huge canvas in an intelligent, engaging but also an extremely erudite fashion ... It not only informs the reader of many aspects of the global history of strategy, it encourages readers to think about the subject matter and the historical challenges as they read. -Alaric Searle, author of Armoured Warfare: A Military, Political and Global History