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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... defense of fortified places. Machiavelli clearly delighted in establishing with precision how the Romans proceeded, and the Renaissance admiration for everything that came from the classical world might have enabled his sixteenth ...
... defense, the strength of the new fortifications, and the mercenary character of the troops explain why warfare in Europe had become so drawn out and indecisive. The problem of how to raise an effective army, capable of serving as a ...
... defense. To Pagan the bastions were the supremely important part of the outline, and their position and shape were determined by the help of simple geometrical rules that he formulated, with respect to the outside, rather than the ...
... defense of fortresses, and a short work on mines.” He published nothing on military architecture, and made no systematic contribution to strategy or the art of war in general; yet his influence in all these departments is undeniable. It ...
... defense could be cleared par industrie, that is, by subjecting the defenders to the effects of a ricochet bombardment, or by sending up grenadiers to take the position by assault under cover of a protecting fire from the cavaliers. Once ...
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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