Masters of war : classical strategic thought /
Handel, Michael I.,
Masters of war : classical strategic thought / Michael I. Handel. - Third revised and expanded edition. - xxvii, 482 pp: illu, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Contradiction and paradox in the theory of war -- The Weinberger Doctrine -- Clausewitz's ideal-type method applied to Sun-Tzu's The art of war -- Clausewitz's On war as a gestalt or a systemic theory -- Clausewitz and the principle of concentration. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Appendix D. Appendix E. The problem of the level of analysis and the 'Tacticization of strategy' -- Appendix F.
This study is based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war, the central conclusion being that the logic of waging war and of strategic thinking is as universal and timeless as human nature itself.
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Sunzi, active 6th century B.C. Sunzi bing fa.
Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831. Vom Kriege.
Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de, 1779-1869. Pr�ecis de l'art de la guerre.
Sun Zi.
Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831.
Sunzi, 6e s. av. J.-C. Sunzi bing fa.
Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831. Vom Kriege.
Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de, 1779-1869. Pr�ecis de l'art de la guerre.
Clausewitz, Carl von 1780-1831
Jomini, Antoine Henri de 1779-1869
Sun, Wu ca. v500
Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831.
Sunzi, active 6th century B.C.
Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de, 1779-1869.
Sun Zi, 6e s. av. J.-C.
Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831.
Pr�ecis de l'art de la guerre (Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de)
Sunzi bing fa (Sunzi)
Vom Kriege (Clausewitz, Carl von)
Military art and science--History.
Art et science militaires--Histoire.
Military art and science.
Geschichte
Milit�ar
Strategie
Militaire strategie.
Theorie�en.
Military art and science.
Art militaire.
Strat�egie militaire.
History.
�Etude compar�ee (Descripteur de forme)
U27 / .H36
355.02
355
Masters of war : classical strategic thought / Michael I. Handel. - Third revised and expanded edition. - xxvii, 482 pp: illu, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Contradiction and paradox in the theory of war -- The Weinberger Doctrine -- Clausewitz's ideal-type method applied to Sun-Tzu's The art of war -- Clausewitz's On war as a gestalt or a systemic theory -- Clausewitz and the principle of concentration. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Appendix D. Appendix E. The problem of the level of analysis and the 'Tacticization of strategy' -- Appendix F.
This study is based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war, the central conclusion being that the logic of waging war and of strategic thinking is as universal and timeless as human nature itself.
0714650919 9780714650913 9780714681320 9780203017746 0203017749
00035874
GBA0Y5912 bnb GBA153645. bnb GBA0-Y5912
Sunzi, active 6th century B.C. Sunzi bing fa.
Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831. Vom Kriege.
Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de, 1779-1869. Pr�ecis de l'art de la guerre.
Sun Zi.
Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831.
Sunzi, 6e s. av. J.-C. Sunzi bing fa.
Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831. Vom Kriege.
Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de, 1779-1869. Pr�ecis de l'art de la guerre.
Clausewitz, Carl von 1780-1831
Jomini, Antoine Henri de 1779-1869
Sun, Wu ca. v500
Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831.
Sunzi, active 6th century B.C.
Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de, 1779-1869.
Sun Zi, 6e s. av. J.-C.
Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831.
Pr�ecis de l'art de la guerre (Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de)
Sunzi bing fa (Sunzi)
Vom Kriege (Clausewitz, Carl von)
Military art and science--History.
Art et science militaires--Histoire.
Military art and science.
Geschichte
Milit�ar
Strategie
Militaire strategie.
Theorie�en.
Military art and science.
Art militaire.
Strat�egie militaire.
History.
�Etude compar�ee (Descripteur de forme)
U27 / .H36
355.02
355