David Cameron (centre) visits the Royal Air Force station RAF Northolt, in west London. © Justin Tallis/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Despite some recent evidence to the contrary, the British have a vocation for strategy. We did not outfight Germany twice in the 20th Century; we did, though, make better use of intelligence and industrial production, exploit the potential of maritime power and, above all, make better alliances. It is in the co-ordinated application of all instruments of national power in pursuit of clearly defined objectives that strategy finds its highest form of expression.
That expression has been conspicuously absent for much of …read more
Source: Prospect
