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Williamson Murray

Born

in New York City, New York, The United States

November 23, 1941

Died

August 01, 2023

Genre

Military History

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Williamson "Wick" Murray was an American historian and author. He authored numerous works on history and strategic studies, and served as an editor on other projects extensively. He was professor emeritus of history at Ohio State University from 2012 until his death. ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 4,432 ratings · 416 reviews · 87 distinct works • Similar authors

	A War to be Won: Fighting the Second World War by Williamson Murray, Allan Reed Millett 4.11 avg rating — 1,013 ratings — published 1990 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War 4.26 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Military Innovation in the Interwar Period by Williamson Murray (Editor), Allan Reed Millett (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Iran-Iraq War: A Military and Strategic History by Williamson Murray, Kevin M. Woods 3.80 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War by Williamson Murray (Editor), Alvin Bernstein (Editor), MacGregor Knox (Editor) 4.02 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1994 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe 1933-1945 4.12 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1983 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Past as Prologue: The Importance of History to the Military Profession by Williamson Murray (Editor), Richard Hart Sinnreich (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hybrid Warfare: Fighting Complex Opponents from the Ancient World to the Present by Williamson Murray (Editor), Peter R. Mansoor (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shaping of Grand Strategy: Policy, Diplomacy, and War by Williamson Murray (Editor), Richard Hart Sinnreich (Editor), James Lacey (Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Military Adaptation in War: With Fear of Change 4.42 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“intermixed with an exceedingly high level of competence on the tactical and operational side was a complete inability to see a relationship between means and ends on the level of grand strategy.”
― Williamson Murray, Strategy for Defeat: the Luftwaffe 1933 - 1945

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“It costs nothing to learn from other people’s experience.”
― Williamson Murray, Successful Strategies: Triumphing in War and Peace from Antiquity to the Present

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“The evidence points, first of all, to the importance of developing visions of the future.”
― Williamson Murray, Military Innovation in the Interwar Period

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