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    Audiobook11 hours

    On Grand Strategy

    Written by John Lewis Gaddis

    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain

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    About this audiobook

    A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decades

    For almost two decades, Yale students have competed for admission each year to the "Studies in Grand Strategy" seminar taught by John Lewis Gaddis, Paul Kennedy, and Charles Hill. Its purpose has been to prepare future leaders for responsibilities they will face, through lessons drawn from history and the classics. Now Gaddis has distilled that teaching into a succinct, sharp and potentially transformational book, surveying statecraft from the ancient Greeks to Franklin D. Roosevelt and beyond. An unforgettable guide to the art of leadership, On Grand Strategy is, in every way, its own master class.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 3, 2018
    ISBN9780525528555
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    • 5/5
      Professor Gaddis is the founder and one of the co-teachers of a famous seminar on grand strategy at Yale University. This Pulitzer prize winning book is a distillation of that seminar. Professor Gaddis defines grand strategy as a way of linking aspirations, which are potentially limitless, and resources, which are necessarily limited. Employing examples ranging from Xerxes’s invasion of early 5th century BCE Greece to FDR’s management of World War II, the author shows how to link resources to aspirations, how to see both the big picture and the little details, and how to evaluate theory through practice.Chapters consider such topics as the invasion of Greece (foxes vs. hedgehogs), the Peloponnesian War (aspirations vs. resources and mission creep), the relations between states and rulers (Machiavelli), Napoleon’s invasion of Russia (losing sight of your objective, not knowing when to quit), the American Civil War (Lincoln as a leader), and Franklin Roosevelt and World War II. For the chapter on Napoleon’s ill-fated venture in Russia, Professor Gaddis uses both von Clausewitz and Tolstoy to illustrate the difficulties of controlling large armies.A fascinating book, one that should be read by every president and commander-in-chief.
    • 2/5
      If I was being generous I'd say the author is try to teach you something about strategy through showing interesting bits of history that contain teachable moments. Or maybe the author doesn't really have much to say. I too have ready a history book or two in my life, what I wanted is something more explicit. Otherwise, if you don't have any commentary of your own I'd rather read a better history book than this.
    • 2/5
      No thought fully completed!! Great examples and history lessons. But to what end ??

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