Well, I couldn't just let this thread die a graceful death. So, as my latest inflammatory comment, I offer yet more evidence that the consideration of resources is central to strategy.
Robert H. Kohn writes the following in the most recent issue of Army History (http://www.history.army.mil/armyhistory/AH78%28W%29.pdf):
Later in the article, Kohn explicitly states that this is a strategy issue:The challenge to military professionalism in the twenty-first century lies in three interconnected areas. The first is intellectual: the ability to wage war successfully in a variety of circumstances without wasting the ives of soldiers or their equipment and supplies (which are always limited, even for a superpower at the zenith of its relative strength).
This seems to validate the Ends/Ways/Means construct (where Mean=Resources) as previously discussed.A failure in the first area—strategy—is obviously the most dangerous.
Happy New Year all.
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