Research Catalog

Title

Classics and strategy / Jakub Grygiel.

Author

Grygiel, Jakub J., 1972-

Publication

[Washington, D.C.] : The Marathon Initiative, 2022.

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Details

Description

226 pages; 21 cm

Summary

"Classic texts--whether by Roman historians such as Tacitus or Greek tragedians such as Aeschylus or Florentine diplomats such as Francesco Guicciardini--give us important, and even unusual, insights into strategy. They certainly do not supply a ready-made strategy that could be applied to a specific security problem we face now. But they can open for us new or forgotten ways of thinking about threats and the competitive security environment, offering a perspective that is missing in modern intellectual and educational circles. Free of technical jargon and without abstractions, classics favor simplicity over simplification, privilege practical insights over abstraction, and elevate the role of individuals over impersonal trends and institutions. And they describe the motivations and the drivers behind men's actions, the core of any strategy. This book brings back some of these classic writers, examining their thoughts on strategy and politics."--

Subject

• Strategy
• National security
• International relations
• Classical literature > History and criticism
• Strategy in literature
• Stratégie
• Relations internationales
• Littérature ancienne > Histoire et critique
• Stratégie dans la littérature
• international relations
• Classical literature
• International relations
• National security
• Strategy
• Strategy in literature

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index.

ISBN

9798823120982

LCCN

2022362596

OCLC

• 1372638519
• on1372638519
• SCSB-14574041

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library