The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War

This book has been great. had to purchase for a class I was taking and I really appreciated the style which has different chapters with different authors dealing with different time periods/regions. Each chapter is written like a research paper and well supported with properly cited sources making this a solid reference material for any reader. I normally get rid of most of my college books but this one I am keeping not only for use in later research papers I am writing but also because I'm a fan of it. Highly recommended.

Just an excellent book. It was a textbook last term in uni and I know why. High quality work, although the title should be related to its historical theme, since it's more about history and less about theory. But other than that, it's highly recommended.

I bought this book due to a Master's class I am taking with American Military University, while I'm deployed. The book arrived in great condition and quickly. The seller was prompt in notifying me of when it would arrive, as I was afraid I would already be deployed when it got to my mail box.The book itself is interesting, but I've only started the first 3 chapters...

Outstanding at understanding particular empires, kingdoms etc., at particular points in time. This ranges from the Ancient Greece to Nuclear Strategy of the Cold War and the future challenges.

Insightful rendering of diverse campaigns.

I read this as part of an effort to read the entire U.S. Army Chief of Staff recommended reading list. It is on sublist 4, Brigade and higher. It is really a collection of essays organized in chronological order. As a collection, the quality of each essay depends on the individual authors. Some of the areas I just found uninteresting. For example the essay on the strategy development in the Weimer Republic did not seem to have much relevance or anything particulary illuminating. A couple of essays were interesting in that they covered areas you don't read much about like Chinese strategy in the empire periods or Spain's strategy under Philip II. For the most part, though, I had to force myself to finish this book.

Very nice writing

A solid compendium of nation-state strategies throughout various historical periods and evolutionary states of governments. The editors did a good job of bringing many important but disparate discussions together.To maximize the value of this book, a solid familiarity with Clausewitz's On War (at least book 1) is a prerequisite for understanding many of the precursory discriptions of concepts attributed to him.

I like to read about history and to learn from it.I found in the book good summaries explaining the characters, attitudes and behaviour of rulers and their roles in making wars.

Good standard account of strategy

Very expensive and badly used. Marks and writing in the book.