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Strategy and Grand Strategy
In this monograph 'Strategy and Grand Strategy: What Students and Practitioners Need to Know', via the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, Dr. Tami Davis Biddle examines why it is so difficult to devise, implement, and sustain sound strategies and grand strategies.
> 30 mins
Review of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War
This article on Thucydides by Julia Kindt via The Conversation allows you to ‘dip your toe in the water’ and gain a baseline understanding before venturing into the heavier text and getting lost. The article explains that Thucydides created a work that still resonates in the disciplines of history, international relations, and political science.
< 15 mins
Introduction to Military Strategy
A collection of four videos by Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman introduces the topic of Military Strategy. These include: 'On Why Strategy is Not What People Think it Is', 'How Will Strategy Shape the Future of War?' 'Re-Thinking Strategy' and 'Strategies Are Not Plans'.
> 30 mins
The Problem of Strategy
This video titled 'How is War Directed? The Problem of Strategy' is presented by Professor Hew Strachan. During the lecture he suggests the idea that some of the most famous strategists developed their thinking from other works, even though they provide little acknowledgement of that fact.
> 30 mins
Leadership in the Profession of Arms
This paper by Sean Hannah from the Centre for the Army Profession & Ethic, outlines the unique causations and contingencies influencing leadership in military contexts. He defines what constitutes a Profession of Arms (internal context) and the combat operating environment (external context).
> 30 mins