Naval War College Review
Abstract
Students of American national security policy, particularly those without the benefit of firsthand policy-making experience, frequently under- or over- estimate the difficulty of formulating and implementing strategy in the U.S. government. As a result, observers tend either to portray senior policy makers as dolts or incompetents or to engage in a sort of strategic nihilism holding that it is impossible to develop sound strategy in this day and age.
Recommended Citation
Mahnken, Thomas G.
(2011)
"Avoiding Trivia: The Role of Strategic Planning in American Foreign Policy,"
Naval War College Review: Vol. 64:
No.
1, Article 13.
Available at:
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol64/iss1/13
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