Alien - How Operational Art Devoured Strategy

by Strategic Studies Institute, Mike Brennan, Justin Kelly

There was a time when the world had no need for operational art, a time when sovereigns led their armies in the field and where the yoking of war to politics was their personal undertaking. It was the sovereign who chose whether or not to fight, where to fight, how long to fight, and it was they who were constantly balancing opportunities and threats, risks and returns, costs and benefits. In the era of "strategies of a single point," the connections...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1497506425
• ISBN13: 9781497506428
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"