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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... theory have on wars and on the periods of peace that followed? I The concept of this volume, and some of its substance, derive from an earlier work. In 1941 Edward Mead Earle organized a seminar on American foreign policy and security ...
... theory could not stop with making rules for the formation of the correct battle order; it had also to scrutinize the course of events during the combat action. On the other hand, if a battle constituted the climax of war, it is clear ...
... theory is connected with the name of Clausewitz. It is remarkable, however, that Clausewitz, who usually is extremely critical and contemptuous of other military writers, is not only very careful in examining suggestions made by ...
... theory. Although some, like Basta, Melzi, Rohan, La Noue, and others, have combined practice with speculation, they have cultivated but part of a very large field or have restricted themselves to generalities without immersing ...
... theory of fortification the great precursor of Vauban, one might almost say his master, was the Count de Pagan. Blaise de Pagan (1604-1665) was a theorist, not a practical engineer. So far as is known he never actually directed any ...
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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