Strategy – Not Weapons – Wins Wars

• Main Author: Loo, Bernard Fook Weng
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82774; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42308
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

President Trump, in his first speech before Congress, called for an increase in the United States military budget, so as to provide American military personnel with the wherewithal to win wars. However, it is sound strategy, not weapons, that provides the foundation for eventual success in war.