The U.S. Naval Institute on Naval Strategy
- Subject: Professional Reading for the Military | U.S. Navy | Strategy | 2024 Paperback Sale
- Format:
Softcover
- Pages:
212pages
- Published:
September 15, 2015
- ISBN-10:
0870211137
- ISBN-13:
9780870211133
- Product Dimensions:
8.25 × 5.5 × 1 in
- Product Weight:
10 oz
Overview
In that same tradition, the new Naval Institute Wheel Books will provide supplemental information, pragmatic advice, and cogent analysis on topics important to all naval professionals. Drawn from the U.S. Naval Institute’s vast archives, the series will combine articles from the Institute’s flagship publication Proceedings, selections from the oral history collection and from Naval Institute Press books to create unique guides on a wide array of fundamental professional subjects.
Strategy is described by the Dictionary of Modern Strategy and Tactics as having “a permanent nature, but an ever-changing character.” For more than a century, both the nature and the character of this essential discipline have been explored in depth by contributors to the Naval Institute’s magazines, books, and oral histories. Drawing from those powerful resources, this collection makes clear why naval strategy has always straddled the boundaries between art and science and why its study and employment are essential components of the sea service profession.
About the Author
Thomas Cutler
Thomas J. Cutler is a former petty officer second class and retired lieutenant commander who has been serving the U.S. Navy in various capacities for more than fifty years, including a combat tour in Vietnam and service in aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, and patrol craft. The author of many articles and books, he is the Gordon England Chair of Professional Naval Literature at the U.S. Naval Institute and Distinguished Fleet Professor of Strategy and Policy with the Naval War College. He has received the William P. Clements Award for Excellence in Education as military teacher of the year at the U.S. Naval Academy, the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Naval Literature, the U.S. Maritime Literature Award, the Naval Institute Press Author of the Year Award, and the Commodore Dudley Knox Lifetime Achievement Award in Naval History.
Editorial Reviews
"Comprising a series of essays written by some of America's most illustrious naval names ranging from Stansfield Turner through James Stavridis to Norman Friedman, this fine collection of writings from the U.S. Naval Institute's archive provides an easy way for the modern naval officer to learn from history. Strategy is a complex concept that is too frequently misrepresented in literature. The careful selection and editing of this collection avoids that danger absolutely. As in most of life, very little is achieved in naval operations without a carefully defined and articulated strategy. While focused on naval strategy, this little book is just as valuable for army and air force officers and, indeed, businessmen and women."—Baird Maritime.com
"This book is informative and thought provoking. I recommend this edited volume to all persons who are interested in maritime issues. Readers will gain a better understanding of the important role of navies in implementing the maritime strategy of their country."—Canadian Naval Review
"Naval Strategy is a remarkable anthology of outstanding articles on the subject. The selected articles provide sufficient information to raise alternatives and to further inform debate. This book is not just a tool for professional education, it is also a catalyst for future intellectual discussion. Every serious naval professional and every Ward Room should have a copy."—Australian Naval Institute
