For example, in the introduction, he describes the study as “a work of exposition and explanation, not of argument,” in which he intends to “argue for significance, but not for their veracity” (p. The author spends a fair amount of time in the front matter qualifying his work with plenty of caveats to ensure that the reader fully understands that, although the book contains generally accepted truths, exceptions do occur. Such a condensed treatise is ideal for the strategist, political adviser, or politician on-the-go. Readers will find it accessible, without academic baggage, and free of the “dumbed down” content typical of a work of this type. much less dense and professionally forbidding” (p. Gray wrote this book to “present and explain the most serious matters of war, peace, and strategy in a format. As a dual citizen and self-proclaimed strategy professional, he has served as an adviser to both the US and British governments for 40 years. He also served for five years on the President’s General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament during the Reagan administration. What qualifies him to write such a book? Currently a professor of international politics and strategic studies and the director of the Centre for Strategic Studies at the University of Reading, England, Gray founded the National Institute for Public Policy, a defense-oriented think tank in Washington, DC. Gray has done just that, and it shows-especially in his book Fighting Talk. To become an expert in political or military strategy in today’s complex world, one has to accumulate extensive education, experience, and reading in the field. Fighting Talk: Forty Maxims on War, Peace, and Strategyby Colin S.
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