Dwight D. Eisenhower

Mahatma Gandhi

Ulysses S. Grant

Martin Luther King

T. E. Lawrence

George C. Marshall

Sun Lu Tang

The Tao of Strategy
David R. Cross, Ph.D.

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see."
Arthur Schopenhauer

"Since when was genius found respectable?"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

This is a list of paper topics for the Tao of Strategy (PSYC 40423), an investigation into the deep structure of strategic action. Students in the course are required to write a final paper (10–12 pages, 2,500 words maximum), on a topic selected from this list. Each of the seven topics listed here consists of a pair; students can write their final paper on either or both members of the pair they choose. The general goal of the essay should be to analyze the selected topic from the standpoint of the strategic framework — The Strongest Rope — being developed in class. However, students are encouraged to discuss their chosen topic with the instructor, in order to refine their objectives. Students may use resources other than those listed here, but it is expected that students will use the resources listed here in their final paper.

Paper Topics

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