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1550L
Language
English
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Written in China more than 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War is the first known study of the planning and conduct of military operations. These terse, aphoristic essays are unsurpassed in comprehensiveness and depth of understanding, examining not only battlefield maneuvers, but also relevant economic, political, and psychological factors. Indeed, the precepts outlined by Sun Tzu can be applied outside the realm of military theory....
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
English
Description
An engaging guide to the various ways in which war is now wagedâand how to adapt to this new reality
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âThis brisk everymanâs guideâstraight-talking and free of jargonâis a useful tasting menu to a fast moving, constantly evolving set of problems. . . . A lively reminder that war adapts to technology, that civilians are part of modern conflict whether they like it or not.ââRoger Boyes, The...
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âThis brisk everymanâs guideâstraight-talking and free of jargonâis a useful tasting menu to a fast moving, constantly evolving set of problems. . . . A lively reminder that war adapts to technology, that civilians are part of modern conflict whether they like it or not.ââRoger Boyes, The...
5) On war
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Language
English
Description
A Prussian soldier and writer, Clausewitz is said to have distilled Napoleon into theory. Perhaps best known among his numerous pronouncements is that war is a continuation of politics by other means. His theories and observations in this work have been heeded by military strategists for nearly two hundred years. Many have considered this to be the bible of military strategy and tactics.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Description
One of the world's leading authorities on military history provides a unique account of Western warfare from antiquity to the present. The book treats all aspects of the subject from the Greeks to the nuclear age: the development of warfare on land, sea and air; weapons and technology; strategy and defense; discipline and intelligence. 109 color plates. 119 halftones. Leading military historian Parker provides a unique account of Western warfare from...