Topics:

Strategic Thinking

Competitive Advantage

Defensive Strategy

Positioning theory and Michael Porter

Emergent strategy and Henry Mintzberg

The history of strategy:

Sun Tzu

Vegetius, Roman historian 

The battle of Cannae

Napoleon's campaigns

Frederick the Great

Jomini and Clausewitz

Chancellorsville and Gettysburg

Preparing for D-Day, WWII

Strategy & decision making during the Iraq wars

Articles and Books
Strategy, by B.H. Liddell Hart
Alchemist of War: The Life of Basil Liddell Hart, by Alex Danchev

D-Day, by Stephen Ambrose

Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy, by Shapiro and Varian

Clausewitz on Strategy, by von Ghyczy, von Oetinger, and Bassford

The Art of War , by Sun Tzu (various translations)

Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Strategic Management, by Mintzberg, Ahlstrand, and Lampel

Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance by Michael E. Porter

Strategy & Decision, Chapter 2: "Thinking about Strategic Thinking," by Mark Rhodes.

Click here, for an article relating to trade-offs, a key concept in thinking about strategy.

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