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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... united and faithful”; “it is much safer to be feared than loved.” According to Machiavelli this general political rule was particularly appropriate to the command of an army. Hannibal's “inhuman cruelty” was necessary to keep his forces ...
... United Netherlands, but his caution sometimes placed him at a disadvantage against more combative and less methodical adversaries.” Even so, his success in transforming a motley crowd of unreliable mercenaries and part-time militias was ...
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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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