Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear AgePeter Paret, Gordon A. Craig, Felix Gilbert The classic reference volume on the theory and practice of war |
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... Frederick the Great, Guibert, Bülow: From Dynastic to National War R. R. Palmer 9 I PART Two. The ExPANSION OF WAR 5. Napoleon and the Revolution in War Peter Paret I 23 6. Jomini John Shy I43 7. Clausewitz Peter Paret I86 PART THREE ...
... Frederick the Great and the change from dynastic to national war, and Edward Mead Earle on the economic foundations of military power. More might certainly be said about these figures and issues, but each essay retains a strong voice in ...
... Frederick the Great the tactics by which he astounded Europe.* Like most people concerned with military matters, Jefferson had Machiavelli's Art of War in his library,39 and when the War of 1812 increased American interest in problems ...
... Frederick II of Prussia, wrote: “s'agrandir” is the “principe permanent” of the policy of a state—and to conclude that the existence of a state depends on its capacity for war. Because the life of the state depends on the excellence of ...
... Frederick the Great, and ultimately to the age of the French Revolution. Scharnhorst, Clausewitz's mentor, greatly admired Montecuccoli and considered him an indispensable guide to the eternal nature of war." If, then, the term ...
Contents
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The Expansion of War | 121 |
From the Industrial Revolution to the First World War | 215 |
From the First to the Secon World War | 479 |
Since 1945 | 733 |
Contributors | 873 |
Bibliographical Notes | 877 |
Index | 933 |
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