Makers Of Modern Strategy From Machiavelli To The Nuclear Age
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Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
- Author : Peter Paret,Gordon A. Craig,Felix Gilbert
- Publisher : Princeton University Press
- Release : 01 October 2010
The essays in this volume analyze war, its strategic characterisitics and its political and social functions, over the past five centuries. The diversity of its themes and the broad perspectives applied to them make the book a work of general history as much as a history of the theory and practice of war from the Renaissance to the present. Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age takes the first part of its title from an earlier collection
Makers of Modern Strategy
- Author : Hans Rothfels,Sigmund Neumann,Hajo Holborn,Hans Speier
- Publisher : Unknown
- Release : 26 January 2021
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- Publisher : Cram101
- Release : 01 December 2013
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Understanding War
- Author : Peter Paret
- Publisher : Princeton University Press
- Release : 21 July 2020
These essays provide an authoritative introduction to Carl von Clausewitz and enlarge the history of war by joining it to the history of ideas and institutions and linking it with intellectual biography.
The Evolution of Strategy
- Author : Beatrice Heuser
- Publisher : Cambridge University Press
- Release : 14 October 2010
Is there a 'Western way of war' which pursues battles of annihilation and single-minded military victory? Is warfare on a path to ever greater destructive force? This magisterial account answers these questions by tracing the history of Western thinking about strategy - the employment of military force as a political instrument - from antiquity to the present day. Assessing sources from Vegetius to contemporary America, and with a particular focus on strategy since the Napoleonic Wars, Beatrice Heuser explores the
Makers of Ancient Strategy
- Author : Victor Davis Hanson
- Publisher : Princeton University Press
- Release : 16 September 2012
In this prequel to the now-classic Makers of Modern Strategy, Victor Davis Hanson, a leading scholar of ancient military history, gathers prominent thinkers to explore key facets of warfare, strategy, and foreign policy in the Greco-Roman world. From the Persian Wars to the final defense of the Roman Empire, Makers of Ancient Strategy demonstrates that the military thinking and policies of the ancient Greeks and Romans remain surprisingly relevant for understanding conflict in the modern world. The book reveals that
Victory in War
- Author : William C. Martel
- Publisher : Cambridge University Press
- Release : 13 June 2011
War demands that scholars and policy makers use victory in precise and coherent terms to communicate what the state seeks to achieve in war. The failure historically to define victory in consistent terms has contributed to confused debates when societies consider whether to wage war. This volume explores the development of a theoretical narrative or language of victory to help scholars and policy makers define carefully and precisely what they mean by victory in war in order to achieve a
Dictionary of Modern Strategy and Tactics
- Author : Michael Keane
- Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
- Release : 26 January 2021
Michael Keane's in-depth collection of terms dealing with modern strategy and tactics is both impressive and engaging. While other works remain focused on nuclear strategy or the Cold War, the thrust here is on modern terminology--such things as "axis of evil," "CNN effect," and "military operations other than war." Historical examples supplement the definitions and quotes from leading strategic thinkers provide further insights. While the contents are professional and accurate, the author is not afraid to inject relevant humor and
The Direction of War
- Author : Hew Strachan
- Publisher : Cambridge University Press
- Release : 05 December 2013
A major contribution to our understanding of contemporary warfare and strategy by one of the world's leading military historians.
Military Strategy and the Origins of the First World War
- Author : Steven E. Miller,Sean M. Lynn-Jones
- Publisher : Unknown
- Release : 26 January 1991
These five essays from the prestigious journal International Security analyze the outbreak of the First World War from the standpoint of power politics and military strategy. "The disaster of 1914 continues to haunt the contemporary security debate," writes Steven E. Miller in his introduction. "In the nuclear age, the images that remain from the summer of 1914--the escalation from an isolated event in a far corner of Europe to a global war, the apparent loss of control of the situation by
Clausewitz and the State
- Author : Peter Paret
- Publisher : Princeton University Press
- Release : 05 June 2018
Originally published in 1976, Clausewitz and the State presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the significant thinkers of modern Europe. Peter Paret combines social and military history and psychological interpretation with a study of Clausewitz's military theories and of his unduly neglected historical and political writing. This timely new edition includes a preface which allows Paret to recount the past thirty years of discussion on Clausewitz and respond to critics. A companion volume to Clausewitz's On War, this book is
The Utility of Force
- Author : Rupert Smith
- Publisher : Penguin UK
- Release : 29 March 2012
'One of the most provocative and startling books ever written by a British commander ... an update of the two great thinkers on war and peace, Clausewitz and Sun Tsu, for our time ... it is for anyone interested in the well-being of our world' Robert Fox, Evening Standard Why do we try to use military force to solve our political problems? And why, when our forces win the military battles does this still fail to solve those problems? It is because
Cobra II
- Author : Michael R. Gordon,Bernard E. Trainor
- Publisher : Vintage
- Release : 26 January 2021
Draws on interviews with General Tommy Franks, Condoleezza Rice, and other officials and military personnel to provide a behind-the-scenes look at the decision-making process that determined the nature of American involvement in Iraq.
Coalition Strategy and the End of the First World War
- Author : Meighen McCrae
- Publisher : Cambridge University Press
- Release : 31 January 2019
This exploration of Allied war plans for 1918-1919 uncovers how the Supreme War Council became a successful mechanism for coalition war.
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare
- Author : Geoffrey Parker
- Publisher : Cambridge University Press
- Release : 29 September 2008
Now available in a revised and updated version, this book examines Western warfare from antiquity to the present day.