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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... defeat of the militia before Prato, did not shake him in these convictions. In his Florentine History Machiavelli took particular pleasure in describing the battles fought by the condottieri on Italian soil. * Ibid., 412-16. 17 Battle of ...
... defeat him there; this is the only way “to bring a war to a happy conclusion.” Machiavelli's Art of War is divided into seven books and. * This discussion follows the description of a battle in book 3 of The Art of War. *3 “. . . non ...
... defeat of the enemy. Wars ought to be “short and sharp.” A quick decision, however, can be reached only in a battle. Because everything depends on the outcome of the battle, you ought. * From book 3; in the English translation pp. 92-94 ...
... defeat are great, so that the soldiers fight with the courage of desperation. The strongest incitement to courage and enthusiasm, however, is aroused by a feeling of personal involvement and moral obligation. War service must be ...
... defeat the enemy's main force. Between 1589 and 1609 he captured more than twenty-nine fortresses and relieved three sieges, but fought only one battle, Nieupoort, and that reluctantly. He made use of the interior lines of the great ...
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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