Strategy of Empire dispels the myth that Romans were incapable of longterm strategic thinking or maintaining any enunciated strategy for more than a brief period, acting as a welcome counternarrative to Edward Luttwak's The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third.
Strategy of Empire dispels the myth that Romans were incapable of longterm strategic thinking or maintaining any enunciated strategy for more than a brief period, acting as a welcome counternarrative to Edward Luttwak's The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third.
James Lacey holds the Horner Chair of War Studies and is Professor of Strategic Studies and Political Economy at Marine Corps War College. His previous books include, as author, The Washington War: FDR's Inner Circle and the Politics of Power that Won World War II and The First Clash: The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization ; as co-author with Williamson Murray, Gods of War: History's Greatest Military Rivals and Moment of Battle: The Twenty Clashes that Changed the World; and, as editor, Great Strategic Rivalries: From the Classical World to the Cold War.
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Introduction: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Part I Themes and Topics 1: Could the Romans Do Strategy? 2: How Dangerous Were the Barbarians? 3: Paying for a Strategy: Funding the Republic 4: The Core of Roman Strategy 5: The Infrastructure of Empire 6: An Army for Empire 7: Roman Naval Power Part II Rome's Strategic History: From the Principate to the Crisis of the Third Century 8: The Julio-Claudian Empire 9: The Year of the Four Empires and the Flavians 10: The Empire at High Table 11: The Severan Interlude 12: New Threats 13: The Crisis of the Third Century Part III The Late Empire: New Beginnings and an End 14: Diocletian, Constantine, and a New Empire 15: The Late Imperial Army and Strategy 16: Four Battles and a Divorce 17: The Gothic Challenge 18: Adrianople's Aftermath 19: Denouement Conclusion Notes For Further Reading Acknowledgements Index
Introduction: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Part I Themes and Topics 1: Could the Romans Do Strategy? 2: How Dangerous Were the Barbarians? 3: Paying for a Strategy: Funding the Republic 4: The Core of Roman Strategy 5: The Infrastructure of Empire 6: An Army for Empire 7: Roman Naval Power Part II Rome's Strategic History: From the Principate to the Crisis of the Third Century 8: The Julio-Claudian Empire 9: The Year of the Four Empires and the Flavians 10: The Empire at High Table 11: The Severan Interlude 12: New Threats 13: The Crisis of the Third Century Part III The Late Empire: New Beginnings and an End 14: Diocletian, Constantine, and a New Empire 15: The Late Imperial Army and Strategy 16: Four Battles and a Divorce 17: The Gothic Challenge 18: Adrianople's Aftermath 19: Denouement Conclusion Notes For Further Reading Acknowledgements Index
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