Strategy
by Aleksandr A. Svechin
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Author: Aleksandr A. SvechinEditor: Kent D. Lee
Introduction: Andrei A. Kokoshin
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-01-01
ISBN: 1879944332
Number of pages: 374
Publisher: East View Information Services
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Book Review: Must read for pol/mil/dipl strategists - active or armchair!
Summary: 4 Stars
Though Svechin's work and examples are dated to post WWI, the concepts are timeless. Insightful observations carrying Clausewitz-style strategic thought into the modern, industrial age. The contextual examples from WWI Eastern Front and the Russian Revolution will likely be lost on anyone not familiar with these campaigns. However, the concepts and commentary interspersed are excellent. Those familiar with the specific military history mentioned above will be doubly-rewarded by such cogent and brilliant analysis of only partially-understood campaigns (to most Western military historians). Svechin's considerations for a revolution in military affairs are certainly practical today. A quote "[A military leader] must put together a perspective in which he will evaluate the phenomena of war. [He] needs a working hypothesis. Of course, not every military leader will take the trouble or have the opportunity to think about the nature of a future war. Strategic mediocrity perhaps prefers to proceed from stereotypes and recipes. Reality will be a cruel disappointment for such a poor excuse for a leader; the theory of strategic art cannot have him in mind." Svechin's work should be a classic of the military art. A must-read for anyone who fancies himself a military, political or diplomatic strategist. If you're concerned about the nature, motives and programs of national defense, then you must read this book.
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