Gat, Azar.

Fascist and liberal visions of war : Fuller, Liddell Hart, Douhet, and other modernists / Azar Gat. - Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1998. - xi, 334 p ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-328) and index.

pt. I. Fascist Modernism and Visionaries of Machine Warfare. 1. Introduction: The 'Janus Face' of Fascism. 2. J.F.C. Fuller: Positivism, Evolution, Fascism, and Future Warfare. 3. Futurism, Proto-Fascist Italian Culture, and the Sources of Douhetism. 4. German Right-Wing Radicalism, Strategic Adventurism, and Mechanized Warfare. 5. Comparisons and Contrasts (I): American Populism, Progressivism, and Mid-West Technological Modernism. 6. Comparisons and Contrasts (II): Marxism, Modernism, and the Doctrine of 'Deep Battle'. 7. Conclusion -- pt. II. Liddell Hart, Modern, and 'Post-Modern' Strategy. 1. Introduction. 2. Background: The First World War in Western Consciousness. 3. Theory: Limited War, Moderate Peace, and the Strategy of Indirect Approach. 4. Policy: Defence of the West (I): Containment in the 1930s. 5. Policy: Defence of the West (II): Hot War-Cold War. 6. Conclusion: 'The Western Way in Warfare', Past and Future.

Showing how theories of mechanized war in the air and on land developed throughout the industrial world in the first decades of the 20th century, this text examines how the pioneers of these theories were associated with fascism.

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Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Sir, 1895-1970.
Fuller, J. F. C. 1878-1966.
Hart, Liddell.
Douhet, Giulio, 1869-1930.
Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Sir, 1895-1970
Douhet, Giulio 1869-1930
Fuller, John F. C. 1878-1966
Liddell Hart, Basil Henry 1895-1970
Krieg
Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Sir, 1895-1970.
Liddell Hart, Basil Henry.
Fuller, John F. C.
Douhet, Giulio.


1900-1999
Geschichte 1900-1970


War (Philosophy)--History--20th century.
Military art and science--History--Europe--20th century.
Guerre (Philosophie)--Histoire--20e si�ecle.
Art et science militaires--Histoire--Europe--20e si�ecle.
Military art and science.
War (Philosophy)
Faschismus
Geschichte
Ideologie
Kriegf�uhrung
Mechanisierung
Milit�ar
Moderne
Strategie
Theorie
Krieg
Krijgskunde.
Theorie�en.
Military art and science--History--20th century.
War (Philosophy)--History--20th century.
Fascism.
Liberalism.
Strategy--History--20th century.
Mechanization, Military--Philosophy.


Europe.
Westeuropa


History.

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