Edgar on Strategy (III): A good strategy rests atop solid philosophical foundations
Political philosophy provides a foundation from which we can imagine and discuss strategy productively.
By Thomas E. Ricks | September 26, 2017, 9:50 AM
By Second Lieutenant John C. Stanley, U.S. Air Force
Good strategy corresponds to the way people work and the way the world works. That’s the fundamental Machiavellian proposition, right? Do what works. Don’t do what sounds nice, but doesn’t work.
This article reintroduces a field that attempts to answer the first half of that proposition: How do people work? In the national security sector, it is not a question we often address. But political philosophy does address it. Since strategists are usually movers and shakers, the term may conjure undesirable images of a sedentary, contemplative life. And perhaps togas.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/26/edgar-on-strategy-iii-a-good-strategy-rests-atop-solid-philosophical-foundations/
