This book puts military doctrine into a wider perspective, drawing on military history, philosophy, and political science.

Harald Høiback is a Lieutenant Colonel and lectures at the Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Oslo (2010).

Introduction Part I: Preliminaries 1. Outlines and Sidelines 2. A History of Military Doctrine Part II: The Anatomy of Doctrine 3. Military Thinking-An Elusive Undertaking 4. Doctrinal Foundationalism 5. Doctrinal Coherentism 6. On Enculturation 7. Authority Part III: Why Doctrine? 8. Doctrine's future and versatility 9. Summary and Conclusion