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Makers of Modern Strategy with Hal Brands

2024/11/18
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Hal Brands: 本书历时多年完成，收录了众多优秀学者的文章，涵盖了从古希腊到现代的战略思想和实践。新版增加了对Tecumseh、刚果战争等案例的研究，并对经典战略理论进行了新的解读，例如对克劳塞维茨的重新诠释。本书旨在帮助读者更好地理解战略，并将其应用于当今世界面临的挑战，例如中美竞争、核威慑等。阅读建议：从引言开始阅读，了解本书的整体框架和主题；阅读Lawrence Friedman的文章，了解战略概念的演变；选择自己感兴趣的章节阅读，并尝试阅读一些平时不感兴趣的章节，以拓宽视野。 Jordan: 本书内容丰富，涵盖了从古代到现代的战争和战略案例，既有经典战略思想的回顾，也有对新兴战略问题的探讨。本书的价值在于其历史深度和现实意义，能够帮助读者更好地理解当今世界面临的战略挑战。本书的写作风格生动易懂，能够激发读者的阅读兴趣。

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This chapter introduces Hal Brands's new book, Makers of Modern Strategy, highlighting its ambition, scope, and significance in the field of security studies. It sets the stage for a discussion on the evolution of security studies and the book's unique contributions.
  • Introduction of Hal Brands's "Makers of Modern Strategy", a book surveying strategy from ancient Greece to modern conflicts.
  • Discussion on the evolution of security studies and the book's role in exploring this evolution.
  • Highlights the book's wide range of topics and its goal to explore security strategy across various historical contexts.

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Few books have influenced me as much as the* Makers of Modern Strategy* series. The three volumes (published in 1942, 1986, and 2023) are indispensable to understanding statecraft, leadership, and the evolution of warfare across millennia.

*The New Makers of Modern Strategy *)(2023) is a thousand pages long and analyzes strategy from ancient Greece to the Congo.

The man behind this behemoth collection is Hal Brands, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a returning ChinaTalk guest.

**In our conversation, we discuss: **

  • The process for compiling such an ambitious collection of essays;

  • Unique insights and new topics covered in the 2023 edition, including Tecumseh, Kabila in the Congo, and Strategies of Equilibrium in 17th Century France;

  • Advice for reading the book effectively;

  • **Revolutions in military affairs, from the atom bomb to quantum computers. **

For reference, you can compare the content of the three volumes with this spreadsheet,) courtesy of Nicholas Welch.

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