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Masters of war : classical strategic thought
- Title
- Masters of war : classical strategic thought / Michael I. Handel.
- Author
- Handel, Michael I.
- Publication
- London ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, c2001.
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Details
- Description
- xxvii, 482 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Strategy: past theories, modern practice -- Comparing Sun Tzu and Clausewitz -- The definition of war: a question of the level of analysis -- Clausewitz and Mao Tse-tung on theory and practice in war -- "Attacking the enemy's plans" and the concept of "the center of gravity": Eastern psychology and Western mechanics -- The primacy of politics and the military commander -- The rational calculus of war: correlating ends and means -- Clausewitz on the role of "moral forces" in war -- The supreme act of judgment: understanding the "nature of war" and the "trinitarian analysis" -- The first element of the remarkable trinity: the people in arms -- The ideal and the real: victory without bloodshed and the search for the decisive battle -- Speed, numerical superiority, and victory -- The principle of continuity and the culminating point of victory: the contradictory nature of war -- Clausewitz on war termination -- Deception, surprise, and intelligence -- On military leadership -- Boldness and calculation -- Corbett, Clausewitz, and Sun Tzu -- Conclusions: Towards a unified theory of war.
- Call Number
- JFE 01-12115
- ISBN
- 0714650919
- 0714681326 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 00035874
- OCLC
- 43864269
- Author
- Handel, Michael I.
- Title
- Masters of war : classical strategic thought / Michael I. Handel.
- Imprint
- London ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, c2001.
- Edition
- 3rd rev. and expanded ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 01-12115