The Dimensions of Military Strategy

Abstract

This memorandum considers the nature of military strategy, and how it overlaps with tactics and national (grand) strategy. Five approaches which offer varying perspectives to strategic problems are identified and discussed. These are: the classical (or historic) approach; the spatial approach; the power potential approach; the technological approach; and, the ideological/cultural approach. The memorandum concludes by identifying the principal approaches to military strategy currently pursued by the major powers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 15, 1977
Accession Number
ADA037648

Entities

People

  • Edward B. Atkeson

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Central Europe
  • Civil War
  • Europe
  • Geography
  • Germany
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • North America
  • Security
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).