In Pursuit of Successful Strategies
Principal Investigator: (b) (5)
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, In Pursuit of Successful Strategies
Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 4
The Strategic Thought of Themistocles ....................................................................................... 29
The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire.................................................................................... 59
Giraldus Cambrensis, Edward I, and the Conquest of Wales ..................................................... 104
Creating the British Way of War: English Strategy in the War of the Spanish Succession ....... 159
Failed, Broken, or Galvanized? Prussia and 1806 ..................................................................... 202
Victory by Trial and Error Britain’s Struggle against Napoleon ................................................ 240
Bismarckian Strategic Policy, 1871-1890....................................................................................290
The Strategy of Lincoln and Grant ............................................................................................. 329
U.S. Naval Strategy and Japan ................................................................................................... 366
U.S. Grand Strategy in World War II ......................................................................................... 424
American Grand Strategy and the Unfolding of the Cold War 1945-1961 ................................ 482
The Reagan Administration’s Strategy toward the Soviet Union ............................................... 570
Afterword .................................................................................................................................... 614
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Principal Investigator: (b) (5)
Produced for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of Net Assessment
under contract vehicle:
HQ0034-11-C-0056
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, In Pursuit of Successful Strategies
Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 4
The Strategic Thought of Themistocles ....................................................................................... 29
The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire.................................................................................... 59
Giraldus Cambrensis, Edward I, and the Conquest of Wales ..................................................... 104
Creating the British Way of War: English Strategy in the War of the Spanish Succession ....... 159
Failed, Broken, or Galvanized? Prussia and 1806 ..................................................................... 202
Victory by Trial and Error Britain’s Struggle against Napoleon ................................................ 240
Bismarckian Strategic Policy, 1871-1890....................................................................................290
The Strategy of Lincoln and Grant ............................................................................................. 329
U.S. Naval Strategy and Japan ................................................................................................... 366
U.S. Grand Strategy in World War II ......................................................................................... 424
American Grand Strategy and the Unfolding of the Cold War 1945-1961 ................................ 482
The Reagan Administration’s Strategy toward the Soviet Union ............................................... 570
Afterword .................................................................................................................................... 614
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