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100 1 _aCASTEX Raoul
245 0 _aStrategic theories
260 _aAnnapolis, Md:
_bNaval Institute Press,
_c1994
300 _a445p.
440 _aClassics of sea power
520 3 _aOriginally published in: Theories strategiques vols. 1-5, 1931-1939.Admiral Raoul Castex is France's most important modern naval strategist. Military historian Eugenia Kiesling offers the essence of Castex's original five volume study, Théories Stratégiques, in a useful one-volume abridgment and a very readable translation. It emphasizes the admiral's method of strategic analysis while omitting most of the historical narrative. Included are chapters defining strategy and relating it to policy and geography, analyzing the role of maritime forces and the significance of command at sea, prescribing a theory of conduct of operations, and introducing Castex's favorite themes: strategic manoeuvre, stratégie générale, and the theory of "perturbation."
650 _aMARITIME
700 _aKIESLING Eugenia C (ed.)
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