Strategic Management

Step 3. Resource :

The Multiple Faces of Effective Grand Strategy

Authors:

Groves Bryan N., author

Source:

Journal of Strategic Security. 3(2):1-12

Publisher Information:

Henley-Putnam University Press, 2010.

Publication Year:

2010

Description:

Effective national leaders throughout history have deliberately developed grand strategies and successfully implemented them to attain their political goals, while also integrating and accomplishing economic, social, defense, and sometimes religious objectives. Not all leaders have been successful, however, as this process is immensely complex and can be adversely affected by the actions of other leaders around their region and the world. It bears examination, then, to determine what factors contribute to successful grand strategies and why many leaders fail to reach their stated ends. This article utilizes a historic case study approach and explores three key areas of grand strategy: universal principles, Clausewitzian approaches, and indirect approaches. I handle each separately and in distinct fashion, though some connective tissue does interlace across sections. Additionally, the unifying argument is that thoughtful, rational leaders, who weigh the costs and benefits associated with each course of action available to them, still must heed the truths embedded in these three sections to attain their objectives. Not doing so often leads to failure, unrealized goals, and a nation gone awry.

Document Type:

research-article

Language:

English

Author Affiliations:

United States Military Academy

ISSN:

19440464

19440472

Access URL:

https://www-jstor-org.contentproxy.phoenix.edu/stable/26463126

Rights:

Copyright © 2010 by Henley-Putnam University

Accession Number:

edsjsr.26463126

Database:

JSTOR Journals