The Wastes Of Civilization

Wylie, J. C

Faber and Faber

<p>Rear Admiral Joseph Caldwell Wylie, Jr. (1911-1993) was an American strategic theorist, author, and US Naval officer. Wylie is best known for this work, which he began writing while commanding the USS Arneb in 1953, and was completed in 1967. Military Strategy is a search for a general theory of not just military strategy but strategy in general. Wylie defines strategy as: 'A plan of action designed in order to achieve some end; a purpose together with a system of measures for its accomplishment.' Wylie defined two patterns of strategy: sequential and cumulative. A sequential strategy involved a planned sequence of events where each event is dependent upon the success of the preceding event. Wylie offered MacArthur's campaign in the Southwest Pacific, Nimitz's campaign in the Central Pacific, and Eisenhower's campaign in Europe as examples of sequential strategies. A cumulative strategy involved a collection of small, disconnected actions that, when taken together, have a significant impact. Wylie uses insurgencies and the U.S. Navy's submarine campaign against Japan in World War II as examples of cumulative strategies. He and his strategies have been compared to Clausewitz to a somewhat successful degree. This would most likely be due to Wylie's approach to individual contingencies and utilization of resources. After examining the four existing strategic theories of his time (Maritime, Air, Continental, Mao) and their limitations, Wylie presented his own general theory</p>

Military strategy: A general theory of power control

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Rutgers University Press

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The Wastes Of Civilization

Military strategy: A general theory of power control