Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace - Couverture souple

Edward N. Luttwak

 
9780674007031: Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0674007034 ISBN 13 : 9780674007031
Editeur : The Belknap Press, 2002

Synopsis

"If you want peace, prepare for war." "A buildup of offensive weapons can be purely defensive." "The worst road may be the best route to battle." Strategy is made of such seemingly self-contradictory propositions, Edward Luttwak shows--they exemplify the paradoxical logic that pervades the entire realm of conflict. In this widely acclaimed work, now revised and expanded, Luttwak unveils the peculiar logic of strategy level by level, from grand strategy down to combat tactics. Having participated in its planning, Luttwak examines the role of air power in the 1991 Gulf War, then detects the emergence of "post-heroic" war in Kosovo in 1999--an American war in which not a single American soldier was killed. In the tradition of Carl von Clausewitz, Strategy goes beyond paradox to expose the dynamics of reversal at work in the crucible of conflict. As victory is turned into defeat by over-extension, as war brings peace by exhaustion, ordinary linear logic is overthrown. Citing examples from ancient Rome to our own days, from Barbarossa and Pearl Harbor down to minor combat affrays, from the strategy of peace to the latest operational methods of war, this book by one of the world's foremost authorities reveals the ultimate logic of military failure and success, of war and peace.

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À propos de l?auteur

Edward N. Luttwak is the author of several books, including Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook; Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace; and The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy, which have been published in twenty-five languages. His articles have appeared in the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Affairs, and Tablet.

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Éditeur
The Belknap Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0674007034
ISBN 13 
9780674007031
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0674839951 ISBN 13 :  9780674839953
Editeur : Harvard University Press, 1987
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