Advice to war presidents

a remedial course in statecraft

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a remedial course in statecraft

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Publish Date
Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
316

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Table of Contents

Preface: "Can't anybody here play this game?"
Introduction: a remedial primer
Use the dictionary
Watch your axioms
Ideas have consequences
Diplomacy: medium not message
Power makes money
Wars are for winning
Intelligence, not intelligence
Security for our side
Keep it simple.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-300) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
327.73
Library of Congress
JZ1480 .C64 2008, JZ1480 .C64 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 316 p. ;
Number of pages
316

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL19288152M
ISBN 10
0465004830
ISBN 13
9780465004836
LCCN
2008035933
OCLC/WorldCat
191926103
Library Thing
7572003
Goodreads
3200437

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2675770W

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