A Strategist's Basic Bookshelf - by Richard Rumelt
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An Annotated Reading List
A Strategist's Basic Bookshelf An Annotated Reading List Richard Rumelt May 05, 2025 655 54 67 Share To learn strategy, you should read some basic source books. This list presented here mixes military, political, and business strategy sources. Some are easy and inviting, while others demand more concentrated attention to unfamiliar background events or archaic narrative styles. I include only a few books on business strategy. When reading about business strategy, you should avoid works that claim to provide “winning” strategies and other simple formulas for success and profit. The idea that we
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