The strategy bridge: theory for practice

Introduction : surviving Clausewitz -- Part I. Theory -- The theory of strategy, I : enduring nature, changing character -- The theory of strategy, II : construction, execution, and consequences -- Politics, war and strategy -- Part II. Practice -- Problems with strategy : Often a bridge too far -- The product : strategic effect -- Strategy, strategists, and command performance : joining up the dots -- Part II. Context and purpose -- Conclusion : bandit country and the strategist's quest for control -- Appendix A. The dicta of strategy -- Appendix B. General strategic theory, the classical canon -- Appendix C. Conceptual "Hueys" at Thermopylae? The challenge of strategic anachronism -- Appendix D. Potent trinities : fourteen skeleton keys of theory for strategists.