Blending Science & Art: Cold War Lessons for Strategy Development in Postmodern War

Abstract

This study explores new horizons in the theory of strategy. In studying existing theory, it doesn't take long to discover the fact that few theories offer any universal prescriptive utility, and the few that do are at best only slightly useful. Further complicating matters, many popular theorists such as Clausewitz suggest that any attempt to develop strategy from a prescriptive or scientific approach is dangerous. As contemporary military strategists attack new domains, what does existing theory really offer other than laundry lists of principles that may or may not be relevant?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA615500

Entities

People

  • Shanon Anderson

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Geography
  • Globalization
  • Information Operations
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Second World War

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design