Military Strategy: A General Theory of Power Control

By J.C. Wylie

Book Overview

Because of his long experience with the formulation of military strategy in the United States, Admiral Wylie's analyses and opinions are well worth the attention of military professionals, government leaders, newspaper editors, commentators and scholars. Because he has a freewheeling mind and is unhampered by orthodox military terms and the prevailing dogmas, his book will be of keen interest to laymen concerned about our nation's welfare and future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591149843
• ISBN13: 9781591149842
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Wonderfully readable handling of a big topic

Developing the "sequential" and the "cumulative " strategies (the big battle; death by a thousand cuts - if I may vastly simplify), Wylie discusses continental, maritime, air, and Maoist war strategies. His dismay at the shallow shelf of the study of war, as contrasted to vast output in so many other human dimensions, gives this excellent book a rather lonely feel. But what a supple intellect is here! I can well understand the praise heaped upon him by later analysts, such as Colin Gray (whose book THE SHERIFF ought to be read in conjunction, if I may add). I was surprised by Wylie's easy shunting aside of Clausewitz at one point, but later asks for scholarly insight into the contrast between him and Mao. Military History Quarterly did something like that in 2007.