So Many Butterflies: Isaiah Berlin and the Challenge of Strategy

John Graham Stone

doi:10.1080/01402390.2019.1612376

So Many Butterflies: Isaiah Berlin and the Challenge of Strategy

John Graham Stone

War Studies

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Abstract

Isaiah Berlin has not attracted much attention from academic strategists. This is unfortunate, because his concept of value pluralism helps explain why strategic decisions are burdened by uncertainty. It also highlights the importance of political judgement in reducing this uncertainty, and the role of history in educating political judgement.

Original language	English
Journal	The Journal of Strategic Studies
Early online date	16 May 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2019.1612376
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 16 May 2019

Keywords

Berlin
Clausewitz
history
judgement
pluralism
strategy

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