Michael I Handel

Masters of War

Classical Strategic Thought

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Masters of War is the first comprehensive study based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clauswitz, Sun Tzu, Mao Tse-tung, and, to a lesser extent, Jomini and Machiavelli.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 3rd REV AND EXPANDED edition
• Seitenzahl: 526
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 167mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1139g
• ISBN-13: 9780714650913
• ISBN-10: 0714650919
• Artikelnr.: 22119304

Autorenporträt

Michael I. Handel

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Strategy: Past Theories, Modern Practice
Chapter 2 Comparing Sun Tzu and Clausewitz
Chapter 3 The Definition of War: A Question of the Level of Analysis
Chapter 4 Clausewitz and Mao Tse-tung on Theory and Practice in War
Chapter 5 'Attacking the Enemy's Plans' and the Concept of 'The Center of Gravity': Eastern Psychology and Western Mechanics
Chapter 6 The Primacy of Politics and the Military Commander
Chapter 7 The Rational Calculus of War: Correlating Ends and Means
Chapter 8 Clausewitz on the Role of 'Moral Forces' in War
Chapter 9 The Supreme Act of Judgment: Understanding the 'Nature of War' and the 'Trinitarian Analysis'
Chapter 10 The First Element of the Remarkable Trinity: The People in Arms
Chapter 11 The Ideal and the Real: Victory Without Bloodshed and the Search for the Decisive Battle
Chapter 12 Speed, Numerical Superiority, and Victory
Chapter 13 on Clausewitz's use of the ideal-type method.
Chapter 14 Clausewitz on War Termination
Chapter 15 Deception, Surprise, and Intelligence
Chapter 16 On Military Leadership
Chapter 17 Boldness and Calculation
Chapter 18 Corbett, Clausewitz, and Sun Tzu
Chapter 19 Conclusions: Towards a Unified Theory of War