The study on Modern Strategic Thought has been examined in its totality from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age. The development of Warfare is an indication of political, social, economic and cultural growth of a nation. The advances made by a nation in the field of science and technology may be judged by her performance during war. Problems confronting the student undertaking an examination of this kind are manifold. Firstly, the study of war and its implication contain various variables which require judicious examination. Secondly, the subject is fluid, dynamic and renders any study obsolete in no time. Thirdly, the study encompasses all the aspects of a nation, “political, economic, social and cultural” that help in the formulation of national security doctrine and policy.