Book contents
- War’s Logic
- Cambridge Military Histories
- War’s Logic
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I First Principles and Modern War
- Part II The Revolt of the Strategy Intellectuals
- Part III The Counterrevolution of the Military Intellectuals
- 6 Henry Eccles and the Reform of Strategic Theory
- 7 J. C. Wylie and Strategy as Control
- 8 Harry Summers and the Principles of War
- Part IV The Insurrection of the Operational Artists
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
7 - J. C. Wylie and Strategy as Control
from Part III - The Counterrevolution of the Military Intellectuals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2021
Book contents
- War’s Logic
- Cambridge Military Histories
- War’s Logic
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I First Principles and Modern War
- Part II The Revolt of the Strategy Intellectuals
- Part III The Counterrevolution of the Military Intellectuals
- 6 Henry Eccles and the Reform of Strategic Theory
- 7 J. C. Wylie and Strategy as Control
- 8 Harry Summers and the Principles of War
- Part IV The Insurrection of the Operational Artists
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 7 analyzes the ideas of Joseph Caldwell Wylie especially his theory of strategy as control. It describes his life as well as his practitioner perspective, which served to inform his theory of strategy and his idea that war is a discontinutation of policy as much as it is a continuation of it. This chapter also discusses his contribution to the traditional model of war’s nature, which he helped to enlarge.
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- War's LogicStrategic Thought and the American Way of War, pp. 130 - 142Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021