Walter Jajko

Professor of Defense Studies; Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force (retired)

Professional Experience

Office of the Secretary of Defense (assigned as a Defense Fellow, 1998-2002)
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight (1994-1998)
Director, Special Advisory Staff, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
Long-Range Planning Chief, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force (retired).

Education

B.A., 1957, University of Pennsylvania
M.A., 1964, Columbia University

Contact: jajko@iwp.edu

Courses

Military Strategy: An Overview of the Theorists of Warfare

Publications

Strategic Surprise

Putin thumbs his nose at Bush

Russian recriminations: Feeling sorry for itself
[List All]

Expert Areas

Covert Operations
Eastern Europe
Information Operations
Intelligence
Military Strategy
National Security Affairs
NATO

Military Strategy: An Overview of the Theorists of Warfare

This course introduces the classic statements of, and commentaries on, Western military strategic thought which have dominated most warfare since the Renaissance. The course will examine how various military concepts are integrated into national-level security strategy ("grand strategy") and the role they have played in history, statecraft, and war. The course culminates in a seminar with strategy division chiefs from the Department of Defense.

Principal Professor

Walter Jajko