Strategy Dynamics - Changing Course in Open Societies

With a wealth of valuable empirical materials, Strategy Dynamics explores the concept of adaptation in strategic decision-making through detailed engagement with professional military education at various war colleges and three in-depth case studies of significant strategic reversals by the United States, France, and former Czechoslovakia.

List of contents

• 1: The problem with strategy


• 2: Strategy as a dynamic response mechanism


• 3: Ronald Reagan's strategic U-turn and the pullout of the Marines from Beirut


• 4: François Mitterrand's failed attempt to exit the European Monetary System


• 5: Václav Havel's turnabout as regards NATO and its possible enlargement

About the author

Matus Halas is a senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations in Prague. Previously, he taught strategy at the Baltic Defence College in Estonia (2016-2018), served as an assistant professor at the Institute of European Studies and International Relations in Bratislava (2011-2015), and conducted his research at Sciences Po in Paris, the National War College in the United States, and École de guerre in France. He edited the first Slovak reader on geopolitics and has published numerous scholarly articles on deterrence theory, NATO, and International Relations broadly defined.

Summary

With a wealth of valuable empirical materials, Strategy Dynamics explores the concept of adaptation in strategic decision-making through detailed engagement with professional military education at various war colleges and three in-depth case studies of significant strategic reversals by the United States, France, and former Czechoslovakia.

Product details

• Authors: Matus Halas, Matus (Head of the Centre for European Poli Halas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2025
• EAN: 9780198951902
• ISBN: 978-0-19-895190-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, Military and defence strategy, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science