Strategy
Series: MCDP -- 1-1.; MCDP -- 1-1.
Publisher: Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: Handbooks, manuals; Strategy; United States. Marine Corps; United States
Description: "This publication is designed to give Marine leaders a solid, common understanding of the fundamental nature of military strategy that is inherent in each military action. Its intent is to give the reader the basic knowledge required to think "strategically," that is, to be able to examine the particulars of any specific situation and understand the political and military factors behind the use of military force." -- p. [i].
Notes: Cover title.

"12 November 1997" -- p. [i].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-115) and index.

Also available online from the Internet Archive.  Address as of February 5, 2014:  https://archive.org/details/strategy00unse.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The study of strategy; title: The strategic environment. The nature of politics and war ; Further defining war ; The nature of war-making political entities ; Strategic constants and norms ; The physical environment ; National character ; War and the state ; The balance of power mechanism ; The trinity; title: Strategy: Ends and means. National strategy ; Ends in national strategy ; Survival and victory ; Political objectives ; Means in national strategy ; Adapting means to ends, and vice versa ; Ends in military strategy ; Relationship between political and military objectives ; Distinguishing between erosion and annihilation strategies; title: Strategic opposites. Defensive and offensive strategies ; Symmetrical and asymmetrical strategies ; Deterrence: strategies of reprisal or denial ; Standardized or tailored strategies ; Strategy by intent or by default ; Evaluating opposite strategies; title: The making of strategy. The strategy-making process ; The strategic assessment ; Political objectives ; Military objectives and the means to achieve them ; Strategic concepts ; Who makes strategy? ; Just war ; Strategy-making pitfalls ; Strategic panaceas ; Emphasizing process over product ; The fait accompli ; Limited and unlimited wars ; Paralysis and recklessness; title: Conclusion.