Umfang:
xxvii, 482 pages, 4 folded pages of plates
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illustrations, map
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
3rd rev. and expanded edition
ISBN:
9780714681320
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0714681326
Inhalt:
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.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Sprache:
Englisch
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