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Index
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Preface
Introduction
General Theory
Politics
Prudence
Legitimacy and Justice
Historical Context
Motives
Notes
1: Politics the Master
The Argument: Basics of Strategy as Enduring Narrative
Roots of Strategy: Human Nature and Politics
The Meaning of Politics for Policy and Strategy
Strategy: The Great Enabler
Notes
2: Strategy: What It Is, and Why It Matters
The Bridge
How Strategy Works: Removing the Mystery
When Strategy Is Absent or Confused
Strategy: Limitations and Substitutes?
Notes
3: Theory and Practice
General Theory
Theory and Practice
National (and Cultural) Context
The Value of Strategic Theory
Notes
4: Strategic History: Continuity and Change
An Important Concept
What Changes, and What Does Not?
Two Hundred Years of Strategic History
Did Strategic History Have a Start Date? Could It End?
Notes
5: Strategy, Strategies, and Geography
The General and the Particular
Geography, History, Politics
Grand Strategy and Geostrategy
Mackinder and Spykman: Ventures in Very Grand Theory
Strategies are Joint
Notes
6: Strategy and the Future
The Nuclear Exception?
Notes
Conclusion: What Do We Know with High Confidence?
Strategy and the ‘Great Stream of Time’
Notes
Further Reading
Index
End User License Agreement
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