Schools for Strategy: Teaching Strategy for 21st Century Conflict [Enlarged Edition]

Download or read book Schools for Strategy: Teaching Strategy for 21st Century Conflict [Enlarged Edition] written by Colin S. Gray and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-02-09 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All would-be strategies would benefit by some formal education. However, for education in strategy to be well-directed, it needs to rest upon sound assumptions concerning the eternal nature yet ever shifting character, meaning, and function of strategy, as well as the range of behaviors required for effective strategic performance. The author emphasizes the necessity for strategic education to help develop the strategic approach, the way of thinking that can solve or illuminate strategic problems. He advises that such education should not strive for a spurious relevance by presenting a military variant of current affairs. He believes that the strategist will perform better in today's world if he has mastered and can employ strategy's general theory.