Lecture on Military Strategy

Introduction

• Not a general book on strategy, but on military strategy
• Highlights military strategy's relevance to various conflicts and everyday situations
• Military strategy: A form of knowledge and philosophy

Historical Evolution of Military Strategy

Secrecy and Elitism

• Brilliant ideas about efficient warfare evolved over centuries
• Formed a body of military knowledge dictating war strategies (e.g., Sun Tzu's Art of War)
• Historically guarded by elites (e.g., kings, rulers, military top brass)
• Military strategy was never a public or academic subject

Practical Philosophy

• Military strategy as