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Strategy: A History

cold-blooded need for control.

Michael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide

Lawrence’s second element, the “biological,” concerned the components of war, “sensitive and illogical” human beings. Because of unknown human factors, commanders are forced to hold a body of men in reserve as a safeguard, thus stretching thin their other human resources. Lawrence worked to magnify his enemy’s ignorance: “We were to contain the

A. R. B. Linderman • Rediscovering Irregular Warfare

As the example of the late Soviet Union illustrated so well, until a few years ago it was possible for states to exercise great power in the world even while wasting resources on a massive scale. When returns to violence are high and rising, magnitude means more than efficiency. Larger entities tend to prevail over smaller ones. Those governments

James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

The Future of War: A History

Lawrence Freedman

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But analysts in the Navy’s official think tank came up with a new strategic idea: finite deterrence . All the U.S. needed, they argued, was enough nuclear weapons to destroy the 100 largest cities in the Soviet Union; this could be done with a mere 640 mis -siles in 40 submarines

Asterisk Magazine Issue 01 Inaugural Issue

In the 1950s, Israel consolidated a comprehensive national security concept that consisted of three elements: deterrence, early warning, and overbalance. At the basis of this concept stood the realization that Israel was inherently inferior to its enemies, and military strength was vital to ensuring its existence and security.