Strategy

The Logic of War and Peace

Revised and Enlarged Edition

Edward N. Luttwak

    Preface

    Part I: The Logic of Strategy

    1. The Conscious Use of Paradox in War

    2. The Logic in Action

    3. Efficiency and the Culminating Point of Success

    4. The Coming Together of Opposites

    Part II: The Levels of Strategy

    5. The Technical Level

    6. The Tactical Level

    7. The Operational Level

    8. Theater Strategy I: Military Options and Political Choices

    9. Theater Strategy II: Offense and Defense

    10. Theater Stragegy III: Interdiction and the Surprise Attack

    11. Nonstrategies: Naval, Air, Nuclear

    12. The Renaissance of Strategic Air Power

    Part III: Outcomes: Grand Strategy

    13. The Scope of Grand Strategy

    14. Armed Suasion

    15. Harmony and Disharmony in War

    16. Can Strategy Be Useful?

    Appendix A: Definitions of Strategy

    Appendix B: The Gulf War Air Campaign

    Appendix C: Instant Thunder

    Notes

    Works Cited

    Index

  • Cover: Strategy
  • A photo of the author

Edward N. Luttwak is a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.