Coming Down from Olympus: A Call for Normative, Descriptive, and Phenomenological Distinctions in Strategic Theory
Journal: Military Strategy Magazine
Year: 2015

In strategy, we often fail to differentiate what ought to be, what will be, and what we ought to know. Failure to differentiate between normative ideals for the crafting of strategy, how we can actually expect strategy to be crafted, and what strategists making strategy ought to know about how to make strategy harms both the practical craft of strategy to accomplish political goals and analytical understanding. This article examines distinctions between what we wish strategy could be, what it of