One of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics synthesizes the vast history of strategy's evolution in this consistently engaging and surprising account of how it came to pervade every aspect of life.
A panoramic study of strategy throughout world civilization, from Ancient Greece through to the nuclear age. Selected as a "Financial Times" Best Book of 2013, it is now published in a new 2nd edition. 'Arguably the best book ever written on strategy (in its widest sense)' Gerard DeGroot, "Washington Post"
This substantial, comprehensive, hermeneutic work examines the various dimensions and history of "strategy," which Freedman defines as "the art of creating power"...this very ambitious exploration provides readers with a useful introduction to the field of strategic studies.
