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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... experience of the affairs of his time.”7 They reduce to prescripts, rules, and laws his observations of the political scene made in the course of his work in the Florentine Chancellery. In the Italian cities of the Renaissance ...
... experience, great financial expenses, and dangers have shown us that mercenary armies are of questionable usefulness. The law, called the Ordinanza, provided for the formation of a militia of Io,000 who were to be selected by a ...
... experience in fighting both the Swedes and the Turks, Montecuccoli eventually fused these two lines in his writings, the first systematic attempt in early modern times to address the phenomenon of war in all its strategic, tactical ...
... experience, yet firmly within the framework of the Catholic Church of which he always remained a faithful son. If properly applied, he hoped that his axioms would make the conduct of operations predictable while reducing casualties and ...
... experience of fifteen years of unbroken service.” No listing of authors was provided, but the carefully footnoted Della guerra col Turco in Ungheria indicates that his sources included fifteen ancient, five late-medieval and Renaissance ...
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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