Chapter 23 Multiple choice questions

. In Chapter 23 of Strategy in the Contemporary World, Lawrence Freedman argues in favour of which of the following approaches to strategy?

Structural realism

Liberalism

Non-dogmatic realism, which is compatible with constructivism

Post-modernism

. According to Lawrence Freedman in Chapter 23 of Strategy in the Contemporary World, examples of the misapplication of 'war as metaphor' include…

the 'war' on drugs.

the 'war on global terror'.

environmental security and economic security.

All the options given are correct.

. According to Lawrence Freedman in Chapter 23 of Strategy in the Contemporary World, many universities opted out of strategic studies in the post-cold war period because…

making sense of contemporary international conflict is challenging.

universities sought to turn international relations into a pseudo-science.

universities sought to turn international relations into a critical discourse.

All the answers given are correct.

. According to Lawrence Freedman in Chapter 23 of Strategy in the Contemporary World, the study of strategy is accommodated only with difficulty in academic life because…

social scientists are disinclined to search for patterns and prefer to focus on individual choice.

it is interdisciplinary.

the practice of strategy requires lengthy study of each particular policy problem, and academics are penalized for undertaking long-term research projects.

All the answers given are correct.

. Which of the following statements best encapsulates the view of strategy presented by Lawrence Freedman in Chapter 23 of Strategy in the Contemporary World?

'Strategy is better studied by journalists and think-tankers than by academics.'

'The study of strategy must focus on interstate violence and resist the urge to examine all possible situations that might tend to extremes.'

'Strategy is an art and not a science.'

'The study of strategy requires academics to resist the urge to think outside their disciplinary boxes.'

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