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Clausewitz and Contemporary War

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

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Clausewitz and Contemporary War

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

An engaging new interpretation of Clausewitz's classic On War and its relevance to contemporary world conflicts.

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Military Strategy

A Very Short Introduction

By: Antulio J. Echevarria (II),Antulio Joseph Echevarria

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Military Strategy

A Very Short Introduction

By: Antulio J. Echevarria (II),Antulio Joseph Echevarria

This Very Short Introduction adapts Clausewitz's framework to highlight the dynamic relationship between the main elements of strategy: purpose, method, and means. Drawing on historical examples, Echevarria discusses the major types of military strategy and how emerging technologies are affecting them.

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Reconsidering the American Way of War

US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

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Reconsidering the American Way of War

US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

Challenging several longstanding notions about the American way of war, this book examines US strategic and operational practice from 1775 to 2014. It surveys all major US wars from the War of Independence to the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as most smaller US conflicts to determine what patterns, if any, existed in American uses of force. Contrary to many popular sentiments, Echevarria finds that the American way of war is not astrategic, apolitical, or defined by the use of overwhelming force. Instead, the American way of war was driven more by political considerations than military ones, and the amount of force employed was rarely overwhelming or decisive. Echevarria discovers that most conceptions of American strategic culture fail to hold up to scrutiny, and that US operational practice has been closer to military science than to military art. This book should be of interest to military practitioners and policymakers, students and scholars of military history and security studies, and general readers interested in military history and the future of military power.

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Georgetown University Press

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Clausewitz and Contemporary War

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

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Clausewitz and Contemporary War

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

While many scholars agree that Clausewitz's On War is frequently misunderstood, almost none have explored his methodology to see whether it might enhance our understanding of his concepts. This book lays out Clausewitz's methodology in a brisk and straightforward style. It then uses that as a basis for understanding his contributions to the ever growing body of knowledge of war. The specific contributions this study addresses are Clausewitz's theories concerning the nature of war, the relationship between war and politics, and several of the major principles of strategy he examined. These theories and principles lie at the heart of the current debates over the nature of contemporary conflict. They also underpin much of the instruction that prepares military and civilian leaders for their roles in the development and execution of military strategy. Thus, they are important even in circles where Clausewitz is only briefly studied. While understanding On War is no more a prerequisite for winning wars than knowledge is a requirement for exercising power, Clausewitz's opus has become something of an authoritative reference for those desiring to expand their knowledge of war. By linking method and concept, this book contributes significantly to that end.

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0191647616

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War's Logic

Strategic Thought and the American Way of War

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

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War's Logic

Strategic Thought and the American Way of War

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

Antulio J. Echevarria II reveals how successive generations of American strategic theorists have thought about war. Analyzing the work of Alfred Thayer Mahan, Billy Mitchell, Bernard Brodie, Robert Osgood, Thomas Schelling, Herman Kahn, Henry Eccles, Joseph Wiley, Harry Summers, John Boyd, William Lind, and John Warden, he uncovers the logic that underpinned each theorist's critical concepts, core principles, and basic assumptions about the nature and character of war. In so doing, he identifies four paradigms of war's nature - traditional, modern, political, and materialist - that have shaped American strategic thought. If war's logic is political, as Carl von Clausewitz said, then so too is thinking about war.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009038281

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Reconsidering the American Way of War

US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

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US Military Practice from the Revolution to Afghanistan

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Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction

Second Edition

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

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Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction

Second Edition

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction adapts Clausewitz's framework to highlight the dynamic relationship between the main elements of strategy: purpose, method, and means. Drawing on historical examples, Antulio J. Echevarria discusses the major types of military strategy and how emerging technologies are affecting them. This second edition has been updated to include an expanded chapter on manipulation through cyberwarfare and new further reading.

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0197760155

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Preparing for One War and Getting Another?

By: Antulio Joseph Echevarria

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Preparing for One War and Getting Another?

By: Antulio Joseph Echevarria

This monograph examines the fundamental argument that America's adversaries are shifting more toward irregular methods due to the demonstrated prowess of the U.S. military at conventional warfare. This argument is based on what one might call a paradoxical logic, not unlike that described by Edward Luttwak in his classic work, Strategy. Among other things, the monograph concludes that few genuine paradoxes exist in war; most principles that appear paradoxical are completely linear. Moreover, those adversarial states and nonstate actors employing irregular methods today were doing so long before the U.S. military demonstrated its superiority at conventional warfare, and will likely continue to do so." --

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1584874635

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Imagining Future War

The West's Technological Revolution and Visions of Wars to Come, 1880-1914

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

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Imagining Future War

The West's Technological Revolution and Visions of Wars to Come, 1880-1914

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

Rapid and momentous technological changes at the turn of the 20th century forced military professionals and educated civilians to envision the future of war and warfare, especially during an age where nations found themselves aggressively competing for dominance on the world stage. Antulio J. Echevarria II offers a comparative study of these predictions to assess who got it right and why. He concludes that professionals were particularly adept at predicting the warfare of the immediate future by framing their discussions in terms of solving tactical problems, but they were much less successful at thinking of the long-term. Unburdened by the necessity of strategic problem-solving, educated amateurs were allowed more flexibility to imagine the long-term future of warfare, and, at times, proved to be remarkably accurate. Echevarria organizes his study by comparing visions of future wars on land, at sea, undersea, and in air. In each instance professionals and amateurs had their own distinctive imaginings. Among the notable speculators included in this book are science fiction author H.G. Wells and military theorist Ivan Bloch. This approach to the study of warfare is one of those rare examples of a book that can appeal to and inform a wide cross-section of readers.

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0313051100

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War's Logic

Strategic Thought and the American Way of War

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II

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Strategic Thought and the American Way of War

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Wars of Ideas and the War of Ideas

By: Strategic Studies Institute,Antulio J. Echevarria II

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Wars of Ideas and the War of Ideas

By: Strategic Studies Institute,Antulio J. Echevarria II

Many references to "the war of ideas" have appeared in defense literature recently. However, few of them actually shed any light on what wars of ideas are. This monograph, by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II, begins by classifying several types of wars of ideas. It is important to note, as the author points out, that physical events, whether intended or incidental, can play determining roles in the ways these kinds of conflicts unfold, and how (or whether) they are resolved. In other words, because ideas are interpreted subjectively, it is not likely that opposing parties will "win" each other over by means of an ideational campaign alone. Moreover, third parties may consider the actions of the belligerents as much more important than the collective merits of their ideas.

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1312289139

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The Army and Homeland Security

A Strategic Perspective

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II,Strategic Studies Institute

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The Army and Homeland Security

A Strategic Perspective

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II,Strategic Studies Institute

The topic of homeland security includes a broad array of missions and mission areas ranging from national missile defense to military assistance to civil authorities. Recently the topic has attracted a great deal of attention due to the public's heightened awareness of the variety and nature of emerging threats and of the United States' vulnerabilities to them. This monograph, written by Lieutenant Colonel Antulio J. Echevarria II, grew out of a tasking by the Army Staff to investigate the Army's role in homeland security from a strategic, rather than a legal or procedural perspective. The author achieves this perspective by placing homeland security missions within the larger spectrum of operations. In so doing, he exposes potential problem areas-missions requiring more or different force structure than that already available-for further action by the Army.

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1312379847

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Fourth-Generation War and Other Myths

By: Strategic Studies Institute,ANTULIO J. STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. ECHEVARRIA II

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Fourth-Generation War and Other Myths

By: Strategic Studies Institute,ANTULIO J. STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE. ECHEVARRIA II

In an era of broad and perhaps profound change, new theories and concepts are to be welcomed rather than shunned. However, before they are fully embraced, they need to be tested rigorously, for the cost of implementing a false theory and developing operational and strategic concepts around it can be greater than remaining wedded to an older, but sounder one. The theory of Fourth Generation War (4GW) is a perfect example. Were we to embrace this theory, a loose collection of ideas that does not hold up to close scrutiny, the price we might pay in a future conflict could be high indeed. In this monograph, Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II provides a critique of the theory of 4GW, examining its faulty assumptions and the problems in its logic. by subscribing to this bankrupt theory. If their aim is truly to create positive change, then they- and we-would be better off jettisoning the theory and retaining the traditional concept of insurgency, while modifying it to include the greater mobility and access afforded...

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1312319380

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From Defending Forward to a Global Defense-In-Depth

Globalization and Homeland Security

By: Antulio J. Echevarria Ii,Bert B. Tussing

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From Defending Forward to a Global Defense-In-Depth

Globalization and Homeland Security

By: Antulio J. Echevarria Ii,Bert B. Tussing

Much of today's defense literature calls for new ways of thinking, ways that appreciate the challenges of a new millennium. Yet, we find surprisingly little that is new in our nation's current strategy documents, particularly those regarding homeland security. Ideas that helped us achieve victory in the 20th century-an age marked by the Cold War and industrial-age thinking-may only hinder us as we strive for strategic success in an era shaped more and more by the forces of globalization. With this concern in mind, Lieutenant Colonel Antulio J. Echevarria II and Professor Bert Tussing have examined the scope and substance of our National Strategy for Homeland Security (NSHS). Disturbingly, they find that the NSHS fails to address the challenges that globalization poses for the security of the American homeland.

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1312334592

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Toward a Strategy of Positive Ends

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II,Huba Wass De Czege

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Toward a Strategy of Positive Ends

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II,Huba Wass De Czege

Defense planners and strategists have recently proposed a variety of alternatives for America's role in what many see as a dramatically different international situation. Most of those proposals, though, continue with a Cold War paradigm of trying to foresee what the next threat might be and how the United States might best prepare itself to respond to it. Consequently, the possibility of taking advantage of the intrinsic dynamism of the new security environment in order to create conditions that might promote positive ends-long-term peace, stability, and prosperity-has remained largely overlooked. In this monograph, the authors, Brigadier General (Retired) Huba Wass de Czege and Lieutenant Colonel Antulio J. Echevarria II, make a case for a strategy aimed at achieving positive, rather than neutral or negative, ends. They first discuss the dynamic conditions of the new strategic environment, then explore the options the United States has available for dealing with those conditions.

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1312380004

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Clausewitz's Center of Gravity

Changing Our Warfighting Doctrine - Again!

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II,Strategic Studies Institute

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Clausewitz's Center of Gravity

Changing Our Warfighting Doctrine - Again!

By: Antulio J. Echevarria II,Strategic Studies Institute

Over the last 25 years, the center of gravity concept has grown increasingly central to the U.S. military's warfighting doctrine. It has been hailed by each of the Services and the Joint community as the cornerstone of the operational art; and it has come to occupy a common place in the vocabulary of professional soldiers. It is somewhat surprising, therefore, that, over the last quarter-century especially, the term has come to have so many different meanings. In this monograph, the author, Lieutenant Colonel Antulio Echevarria II, cuts through the myriad interpretations surrounding the concept and gets back to the original idea as conceived by its author, the Prussian military theorist, Carl von Clausewitz. In going back to the original concept, Lieutenant Colonel Echevarria reveals that Clausewitz intended the center of gravity to function much as its counterpart in the mechanical sciences does, that is, as a focal point.

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Book's by Antulio J. Echevarria (II)

Clausewitz and Contemporary War

Clausewitz and Contemporary War

Military Strategy

Military Strategy

Reconsidering the American Way of War

Reconsidering the American Way of War

Clausewitz and Contemporary War

Clausewitz and Contemporary War

War's Logic

War's Logic

Reconsidering the American Way of War

Reconsidering the American Way of War

Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction

Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction

Preparing for One War and Getting Another?

Preparing for One War and Getting Another?

Imagining Future War

Imagining Future War

War's Logic

War's Logic

Wars of Ideas and the War of Ideas

Wars of Ideas and the War of Ideas

The Army and Homeland Security

The Army and Homeland Security

Fourth-Generation War and Other Myths

Fourth-Generation War and Other Myths

From Defending Forward to a Global Defense-In-Depth

From Defending Forward to a Global Defense-In-Depth

Toward a Strategy of Positive Ends

Toward a Strategy of Positive Ends

Clausewitz's Center of Gravity

Clausewitz's Center of Gravity

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