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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... advance and so this opportunity was lost. Vitelli's exaggerated caution raised the suspicion of treason. He was deposed, brought to Florence, imprisoned, and finally decapitated. Much of the correspondence on this affair was in ...
... advance down the Flemish coast against the privateer bases at Nieupoort and Dunkirk. On July 2, 16oo, he defeated a hastily mustered Spanish army near Nieupoort, a tactical but not a strategic victory because, unequal. 37 Geyl, The ...
... advance. At this point Spinola, aware of Spain's near catastrophic financial condition, advocated an end to hostilities and a truce was concluded in April 1607 with a term of twelve years dating from the end of 1608. It was the end of ...
... advance even during the countermarch, with the pikes, considered an offensive weapon by Gustavus, contributing to the final impact. 34. At close range the rolling fire of the countermarch was replaced by a heavy volley, delivered ...
... advance along the rivers into central Germany. Although one admiring biographer has described it as a plan of “Napoleonic breadth and grandeur,” it lacked substance. The king did not have the strategic position or the necessary troops ...
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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