U.S. Strategic Thinking Research

Author: Xu Jia
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: What this article aims to answer is not "What is America's strategy," but rather "How do Americans think strategically" and "Why do they think this way." Except for the preface and conclusion as independent units, it consists of 7 chapters. The entire text revolves around a central theme—strategic thinking—addressing two key questions: "How do Americans think strategically" and "Why do they think this way." The basic structure is to vertically trace the logical evolution of American strategy while horizontally dissecting its various layers of thinking. Through this bidirectional analysis, the characteristics and patterns of American strategic thinking are explored.
The preface primarily defines the key concepts of this topic and explains its purpose and value.
Chapter 1 discusses the evolution of American strategic thinking, striving to combine the vertical narrative of American strategy's development with the logical analysis of its evolution from lower to higher levels, achieving unity between history and logic. After vertically studying the evolution of American strategic thinking, the horizontal cross-section of American strategic thinking is dissected.
Chapter 2 explores the characteristics of American strategic thinking.
Chapters 3, 4, and 5 conduct a detailed study of the main content and forms of American strategic thinking, analyzing the U.S. strategic philosophy, strategic thinking paradigms, strategic principles, psychological traits of strategic decision-makers, strategic thinking methods, strategic means, strategic thinking categories, strategic thinking models, and the choice of strategic language, among other aspects.