The Science Of Military Strategy 2013

Author : Chinese Academy Chinese Academy of Military Science
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1987678451

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The Science of Military Strategy 2013 by Chinese Academy Chinese Academy of Military Science Pdf

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATION The Academy of Military Sciences of the People's Liberation Army of China issued a revised edition of its "The Science of Military Strategy" (SMS) in 2013. A Chinese-language copy was obtained by Secrecy News but I have not found an English language copy, so I decided to translate it into English myself. I am not a scholar of the Chinese language, but hopefully you will excuse my illiteracy as this is the only English version available. I believe the translation is faithful to the original, however I have taken some poetic license in order to improve the readability. Some of the colloquial expressions such as "two legged losers" (page 210) and use of a "private white hair to attack and defend the network" (page 196) went completely over my head, so I didn't make any attempt to edit them. I decided to limit the translated text on any given page in the original text to the same numbered page in this book. So, if you are unsure of the meaning of some of my edits - and, you happen to be a Chinese scholar - you will know what page to look for in the original Chinese edition. I must apologize because unfortunately, some text and sometimes complete pages of the copy I obtained were not legible, making accurate translation impossible. Where this occurs, I left that area blank so as to highlight that something is missing and added the word "Unintelligible". At the last minute I decided to also include the text of "China's Military Strategy" that was released by the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China in 2015. You will find that at the end of this book. It provides additional context to the 2013 document and should further clarify some of the meaning. Speaking about the Chinese language version of this book and the Science of Campaigns (2006), a team of authors from RAND Corporation who worked on a 2015 report stated: "To the best of our knowledge, these are the most authoritative publicly available sources on Chinese military thinking about the campaign level of warfare."

Author : Guangqian Peng,Youzhi Yao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : China
ISBN : 780137892X

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The Science of Military Strategy by Guangqian Peng,Youzhi Yao Pdf

Author : Joe McReynolds
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780985504595

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China's Evolving Military Strategy by Joe McReynolds Pdf

Roughly once every generation, a powerful, highly influential organization within the Chinese People's Liberation Army releases a new edition of the Science of Military Strategy (SMS), a comprehensive and authoritative study which details the strategic approach that the Chinese military will take in the coming years in response to the threats and challenges facing China. The recent release of a new edition of SMS signals the potential for dramatic shifts in the PLA's approach to a number of strategic questions, but the book remains underutilized by many Western China analysts due to the lack of both an English translation and expert analysis to place these changes into context. China's Evolving Military Strategy aims to bring knowledge of these important developments to a mass audience of China watchers, policymakers, and the broader foreign policy community by providing a sector-by-sector analysis of changes in the PLA's thinking and approach from the previous edition of SMS to the present. Each chapter addresses the implications for a different portion of the Chinese military, ranging from the air, sea, and space domains to cyberspace and electromagnetic warfare, and each is written by one of the world's foremost experts on that subsection of China's military development. China's Evolving Military Strategy will serve as the cornerstone reference for a generation to come on one of China's most important declarations of its military-strategic goals and intentions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : China
ISBN : OCLC:1355691143

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Science of Military Strategy (2013) by Anonim Pdf

"The Science of Strategy is an academic brand that our Academy has persisted in crafting for a long time; regardless of it being the 1987 edition or the 2001 edition, both have produced an extensive academic effect on the military and the nation, domestically and internationally. With the previous versions of Science of Strategy as a foundation, the new edition of Science of Strategy does not rely on the stylistic content of the previous two editions, and it does not think grandiosely or attend to every detail; it tightly seizes on the major strategic issues of the new phase of the new century that are related to PLA building and application; it carries out the spirit of the Party's Central Committee and the Central Military Committee's [CMC] instructions on forcefully pushing forward strategic theory innovation and strengthening military strategic guidance by keeping up with the times; it gives prominence to the main themes of military strategy, especially in local war strategic guidance under informationized conditions, as well as the problem of peacetime military strength application; and it strives to systematically summarize and innovate new military strategic theory so as to even better serve new military practices...Compared with the Academy's previous two editions of Science of Strategy, the new edition of Science of Strategy conforms to the developing changes in world, nation and military situations, while adding some new content blocks, for example: the strategic operations research-based planning and guidance of peacetime military strength application; the strategic operations research-based planning and guidance of military struggle in the major domains of nuclear, space, and cyber; service strategy and theater strategy; strategic space and strategic layout; and the operations research-based planning and guidance of military strength tixi system building with Chinese characteristics; etc. The new edition of Science of Strategy attaches importance to carrying 'science' with 'theory,' and it diligently conforms to China's strategic circumstance, the PLA's historical mission, and the new developments and new requirements of the form-state of war. It centers on building a consolidated national defense and formidable armed forces that corresponds to China's international position and conforms to national security and development interests {fazhan liyi}. It achieves the strategic objective of a strong nation and a strong military, and it tightly seizes on the major issues related to current and future PLA building and application. It conducts forward-looking consideration, study and operations research-based planning, and it strives to become a strategic theoretical work that blends epochal quality, focused quality and innovative quality into one."--Preface.

Author : G. Kurt Piehler
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1921 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781506310817

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Encyclopedia of Military Science by G. Kurt Piehler Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Military Science provides a comprehensive, ready-reference on the organization, traditions, training, purpose, and functions of today’s military. Entries in this four-volume work include coverage of the duties, responsibilities, and authority of military personnel and an understanding of strategies and tactics of the modern military and how they interface with political, social, legal, economic, and technological factors. A large component is devoted to issues of leadership, group dynamics, motivation, problem-solving, and decision making in the military context. Finally, this work also covers recent American military history since the end of the Cold War with a special emphasis on peacekeeping and peacemaking operations, the First Persian Gulf War, the events surrounding 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and how the military has been changing in relation to these events.

Author : Dan Blumenthal
Publisher : NBR
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780981890432

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Strategic Asia 2012-13: China's Military Challenge by Dan Blumenthal Pdf

In Strategic Asia 2012-13: China’s Military Challenge, leading experts assess and forecast the impact of China’s growing military capabilities. What are China’s strategic aims? What are the challenges and opportunities facing the United States? How is the region responding to China’s military power and to the U.S. policy of “strategic rebalancing”?

Author : Sir Lawrence Freedman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199349906

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Strategy by Sir Lawrence Freedman Pdf

Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013 In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking, in a consistently engaging and insightful account of how strategy came to pervade every aspect of our lives. The range of Freedman's narrative is extraordinary, moving from the surprisingly advanced strategy practiced in primate groups, to the opposing strategies of Achilles and Odysseus in The Iliad, the strategic advice of Sun Tzu and Machiavelli, the great military innovations of Baron Henri de Jomini and Carl von Clausewitz, the grounding of revolutionary strategy in class struggles by Marx, the insights into corporate strategy found in Peter Drucker and Alfred Sloan, and the contributions of the leading social scientists working on strategy today. The core issue at the heart of strategy, the author notes, is whether it is possible to manipulate and shape our environment rather than simply become the victim of forces beyond one's control. Time and again, Freedman demonstrates that the inherent unpredictability of this environment-subject to chance events, the efforts of opponents, the missteps of friends-provides strategy with its challenge and its drama. Armies or corporations or nations rarely move from one predictable state of affairs to another, but instead feel their way through a series of states, each one not quite what was anticipated, requiring a reappraisal of the original strategy, including its ultimate objective. Thus the picture of strategy that emerges in this book is one that is fluid and flexible, governed by the starting point, not the end point. A brilliant overview of the most prominent strategic theories in history, from David's use of deception against Goliath, to the modern use of game theory in economics, this masterful volume sums up a lifetime of reflection on strategy.

Author : Michael E. O'Hanlon
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780691157993

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The Science of War by Michael E. O'Hanlon Pdf

The U.S. military is one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world. How it spends its money, chooses tactics, and allocates its resources have enormous implications for national defense and the economy. The Science of War is the only comprehensive textbook on how to analyze and understand these and other essential problems in modern defense policy. Michael O'Hanlon provides undergraduate and graduate students with an accessible yet rigorous introduction to the subject. Drawing on a broad range of sources and his own considerable expertise as a defense analyst and teacher, he describes the analytic techniques the military uses in every crucial area of military science. O'Hanlon explains how the military budget works, how the military assesses and deploys new technology, develops strategy and fights wars, handles the logistics of stationing and moving troops and equipment around the world, and models and evaluates battlefield outcomes. His modeling techniques have been tested in Iraq and Afghanistan, including the methods he used to predict higher-than-anticipated troop fatalities in Iraq--controversial predictions that have since been vindicated. The Science of War is the definitive resource on warfare in the twenty-first century. Gives the best introduction to defense analysis available Covers defense budgeting Shows how to model and predict outcomes in war Explains military logistics, including overseas basing Examines key issues in military technology, including missile defense, space warfare, and nuclear-weapons testing Based on the author's graduate-level courses at Princeton, Columbia, and Georgetown universities

Author : Michael S. Chase,Jeffrey Engstrom,Tai Ming Cheung,Kristen A. Gunness,Scott Warren Harold,Susan Puska,Samuel K. Berkowitz
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780833088314

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Author : Hy Rothstein,Barton Whaley
Publisher : Artech House
Page : 607 pages
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Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781608075515

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The Art and Science of Military Deception by Hy Rothstein,Barton Whaley Pdf

It is said that deception among people in a civilized society is something to be loathed even though it seems to be part of human nature; but deception in war is a virtue. Properly designed and executed, stratagems reduce the horrific costs of war. This book is a comprehensive collection of classic articles on deception, hand-picked and expertly introduced by well-known experts on military deception. The purpose of this book is to set in motion a renaissance for using deception as an instrument of statecraft. The various sections are designed to cumulatively provide sufficient breadth and depth on the subject to satisfy both the novice as well as the expert. Packed with expert commentary, interesting background information, and original readings, this book provides the reader with sufficient knowledge to pursue General Eisenhower’s vision for the proper role of deception in support of the national interest.

Author : G. Kurt Piehler
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1921 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781452276328

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Encyclopedia of Military Science by G. Kurt Piehler Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Military Science provides a comprehensive, ready-reference on the organization, traditions, training, purpose, and functions of today’s military. Entries in this four-volume work include coverage of the duties, responsibilities, and authority of military personnel and an understanding of strategies and tactics of the modern military and how they interface with political, social, legal, economic, and technological factors. A large component is devoted to issues of leadership, group dynamics, motivation, problem-solving, and decision making in the military context. Finally, this work also covers recent American military history since the end of the Cold War with a special emphasis on peacekeeping and peacemaking operations, the First Persian Gulf War, the events surrounding 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and how the military has been changing in relation to these events. Click here to read an article on The Daily Beast by Encyclopedia editor G. Kurt Piehler, "Why Don't We Build Statues For Our War Heroes Anymore?"

Author : Antulio J. Echevarria II
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197760154

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Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction by Antulio J. Echevarria II Pdf

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Author : Shimon Naveh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136309250

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In Pursuit of Military Excellence by Shimon Naveh Pdf

This book offers a scientific interpretation of the field of military knowledge situated between strategy and tactics, better known as operational art', and traces the evolution of operational awareness and its culmination in a full-fledged theory. The author, a Brigadier General (ret.) in the Israeli Defence Forces and Doctor of History, King's College, London, clarifies the substance of operational art' and constructs a cognitive framework for its critical analysis. He chronicles the stages in the evolution of operational theory from the emergence of 19th-century military thought to Blitzkrieg. For the first time the Soviet theories of Deep Operations' and Strike Manoeuvre' that emerged in the 1920s and 1930 are discussed. The author argues that it is these doctrines that eventually led to the crystallization of the American Airland Battle theory, successfully implemented in the Gulf War.

Author : Sean T. Lawson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135020187

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Nonlinear Science and Warfare by Sean T. Lawson Pdf

This book examines the United States military’s use of concepts from non-linear science, such as chaos and complexity theory, in its efforts to theorise information-age warfare. Over the past three decades, the US defence community has shown an increasing interest in learning lessons from the non-linear sciences. Theories, strategies, and doctrines of warfare that have guided the conduct of US forces in recent conflicts have been substantially influenced by ideas borrowed from non-linear science, including manoeuvre warfare, network-centric warfare, and counterinsurgency. This book accounts for the uses that the US military has made of non-linear science by examining the long-standing historical relationship between the natural sciences and Western militaries. It identifies concepts and metaphors borrowed from natural science as a key formative factor behind the development of military theory, strategy, and doctrine. In doing so, Nonlinear Science and Warfare not only improves our understanding of the relationship between military professional identity, professional military education, and changes in technology, but also provides important insights into the evolving nature of conflict in the Information Age. This book will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, military science, US foreign policy, technology and war, and security studies.

Author : M. Taylor Fravel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691210339

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Active Defense by M. Taylor Fravel Pdf

What changes in China's modern military policy reveal about military organizations and strategySince the 1949 Communist Revolution, China has devised nine different military strategies, which the People's Liberation Army (PLA) calls "strategic guidelines." What accounts for these numerous changes? Active Defense offers the first systematic look at China's military strategy from the mid-twentieth century to today. Exploring the range and intensity of threats that China has faced, M. Taylor Fravel illuminates the nation's past and present military goals and how China sought to achieve them, and offers a rich set of cases for deepening the study of change in military organizations.Drawing from diverse Chinese-language sources, including memoirs of leading generals, military histories, and document collections that have become available only in the last two decades, Fravel shows why transformations in military strategy were pursued at certain times and not others. He focuses on the military strategies adopted in 1956, 1980, and 1993-when the PLA was attempting to wage war in a new kind of way-to show that China has pursued major change in its strategic guidelines when there has been a significant shift in the conduct of warfare in the international system and when China's Communist Party has been united.Delving into the security threats China has faced over the last seven decades, Active Defense offers a detailed investigation into how and why states alter their defense policies.