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Masters of war : classical strategic thought / Michael I. Handel. Third revised and expanded edition. London : Frank Cass Publishers, 2001. xxvii, 482 pp: illu, map ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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 -- Appendix A. Contradiction and paradox in the theory of war -- Appendix B. The Weinberger Doctrine -- Appendix C. Clausewitz's ideal-type method applied to Sun-Tzu's The art of war -- Appendix D. Clausewitz's On war as a gestalt or a systemic theory -- Appendix E. The problem of the level of analysis and the 'Tacticization of strategy' -- Appendix F. Clausewitz and the principle of concentration. 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. 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. 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