“I do not criticize the amateur strategist. On the contrary, I believe deeply that strategy is everybody’s business. Too many lives are at stake for us not to recognize strategy as a legitimate and important public concern. But what I… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share Image
“The direct application to today’s problem might well be in determination of the most efficient method of combining cumulative maritime and air strategies with… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“The ultimate determinant in war is the man on the scene with the gun. This man is the final power in war. He is… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“The ultimate objective of all military operations is the destruction of the enemy’s armed forces and his will to fight.”* This sums up the… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“we cannot predict with certainty the pattern of the war for which we prepare ourselves.” — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“As a hypothetical illustration, let us assume a conflict involving us in Afghanistan.” — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“AT THIS STAGE of the argument we find ourselves with four ideas relating to war and war strategy—that there will be war, that the… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“With respect to strategy as a subject of study, its intellectual framework is not clearly outlined, and its vocabulary is almost nonexistent. These two… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“we cannot predict with certainty the pattern of the war for which we prepare ourselves. We cannot, with reasonable certainty, forecast the time, the… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“the definition of strategy that I prefer: A plan of action designed in order to achieve some end; a purpose together with a system… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“The classical soldier’s beliefs and behavior patterns are all summarized in the central theme of Clausewitz, who tells us that his study of war… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“If we examine the four major limited theories of strategy—the continental, the maritime, the air and the Mao theories—and add to them the broader… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“a general theory of strategy must, I believe, be a theory of power in all its forms, not just a theory of military power.” — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“It should be clearly understood that this term “equilibrium” does not mean a static halt to action, although it conceivably could be this. More… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“the soldier cannot function alone. His flanks are bare, his rear is vulnerable, and he looks aloft with a cautious eye. He needs the… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
“There are not many other such places where the maritime element of our national strength cannot be applied, but where this is true, where… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share
