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FOUNDATIONS OF STRATEGY

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FOUNDATIONS OF STRATEGY

SAASS 601
7 July 2023 - 25 July 2023


"This course is an interdisciplinary examination of the theories, methods, and concepts that inform the art and science of strategy and decision-making."


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Internet Resources

Listed below is on-line information about books and their authors used in this course.

  

  • Day 1:  7 July 2023

    John Lewis Gaddis       Biography
    On Grand Strategy         Review

         
        
  • Day 2 & Day 3:  10  & 11 July 2023

    Thucydides     
    Biography
    The Landmark Thucydides     
    Review 1     Review 2     
         
        
  • Day 4:  13 July 2023

    Yuen Foong Khong     Biography
    Analogies at War:  Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965     Review 1     Review 2

                
  • Day 5:  14 July 2023

    Graham Allison     Biography
    Phiip Zelikow     Biography
    Essence of Decision:  Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis     Review 1     Review 2 

         
        
  • Day 6:  17 July 2023

    Robert Jervis     Biography
    Perception and Misperception in International Politics     
    Review 1     Review 2
         
        
  • Day 7:  18 July 2023

    H.R. McMaster      Biography
    Dereliction of Duty:  Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam       Review (Scroll down to pg. 140)

         
        
  • Day 8:  20 July 2023

    William H. McNeill        Biography
    The Pursuit of Power:  Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000           Review      Publisher Description

         
        
  • Day 9:  21 July 2023

    Michael Walzer     Biography
    Just and Unjust Wars:  A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations     Review

         
        
  • Day 10:  24 July 2023 

    Diane Vaughn      Biography
    The Challenger Launch Decision:  Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA          Review

         
        
  • Day 11:  25 July 2023

    Orson Scott Card       Biography
    Ender's Game        

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