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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... western and central Europe—matters admittedly were somewhat different in the eastern fringe areas—had become increasingly static and indecisive. Tactically, the lethal combination of missile fire and rapidity of movement, demonstrated ...
... western Pomerania, and from here he might be able to pressure Brandenburg and Saxony into an alliance. After an unopposed landing he entered Stettin, forty miles up the Oder, in early July and then spent the remainder of 1630 slowly ...
... western European armies of the time, were adopted from the Swedish model. His real importance and his great contribution to the development of strategic thought lie in his writings. He was the first modern theorist to attempt a ...
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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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