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  • 6 - Henry Eccles and the Reform of Strategic Theory

  • from Part III - The Counterrevolution of the Military Intellectuals
  • Antulio J. Echevarria II
  • Book:
    War's Logic
    Published online:
    05 February 2021
    Print publication:
    18 February 2021, pp 113-129

  • Summary

    Chapter 6 analyzes the thinking of Henry Eccles, one of America’s underappreciated military intellectuals. It describes his life and his "America," which again was the golden age of the middle class. It discusses how Eccles and his colleagues led a counterrevolution against the revolt of Brodie and the other strategy intellectuals. Eccles stressed rigorous examination of all principles and concepts. This chapter also explains Eccles’s model of war’s nature, which, though largely traditional, included traces of the modern model and incorporated a broader perspective that saw war not just as an extension of human competitiveness but of competition among social groups.