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War As Political Work: Using Social Science for Strategic Success

Matthew J. Schmidt

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Army culture favors a quantitative/predictive approach to analyze problems. The author argues, however, that strategic thinking requires the relative subjectivity of a qualitative approach to problem solving.

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Army culture favors a quantitative/predictive approach to analyze problems. The author argues, however, that strategic thinking requires the relative subjectivity of a qualitative approach to problem solving.

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Army culture favors a quantitative/predictive approach to analyze problems. The author argues, however, that strategic thinking requires the relative subjectivity of a qualitative approach to problem solving.

Key concepts: Victory, Adversary, Politics, Strategic goal, Military science, Military strategy, Context (archaeology), Political science

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