War''s Logic - Strategic Thought and the American Way of War

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. First Principles and Modern War: 1. Alfred Thayer Mahan and Sea Power; 2. Billy Mitchell and Air Power; Part II. The Revolt of the Strategy Intellectuals: 3. Bernard Brodie, Robert Osgood and Limited War; 4. Thomas Schelling; War as Bargaining and Coercion; 5. Herman Kahn and Escalation; Part III. The Counterrevolution of the Military Intellectuals: 6. Henry Eccles and Reforming Strategic Theory; 7. J.C. Wiley and Strategy as Control; 8. Harry Summers and the Principles of War; Part IV. The Insurrection of the Operational Artists: 9. John Boyd, William Lind and Maneuver; 10. John Warden and Air Operational Art; Conclusion.

About the author

Antulio J. Echevarria II is Professor at the US Army War College and former Elihu Root Chair of Military Studies.

Summary

Antulio J. Echevarria II reveals how successive generations of American strategic theorists have thought about war. Analyzing the work of twelve leading theorists, he uncovers the logic that underpinned each theorist's critical concepts, core principles, and basic assumptions about the nature and character of war.

Additional text

'An articulate, penetrating, refreshing, intellectually satisfying, unvarnished and well researched treatise that captures, through compelling, essential biographies, the evolving American Way of War. A fabulous and engaging book.' Patricia M. Shields, Editor-in-Chief of Armed Forces & Society

Product details

• Authors: Antulio J Echevarria, Antulio J. Echevarria, Antulio J Echevarria II, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii, Echevarria II Antulio J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781107465015
• ISBN: 978-1-107-46501-5
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Cambridge Military Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, International Relations, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of the Americas, The Americas, Modern warfare, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science