The Real Purpose of Strategy
In October the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard jointly issued a new maritime strategy, A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower , that was printed in last month's Proceedings . The fruit of a long effort, including a series of "conversations with the country," the document was greeted by many with the criticism that it seemed pedestrian. The long process of consensus-building that produced it had apparently eliminated whatever sharp edges it may have initially possessed.