| Description |
xviii, 321 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Strategy: Past Theories, Modern Practice -- 2. Comparing Sun Tzu and Clausewitz -- 3. Sun Tzu, Clausewitz and the Study of War -- 4. The Definition of War: A Question of the Level of Analysis -- 5. 'Attacking the Enemy's Plans' and the Concept of the 'Center of Gravity': Eastern Psychology and Western Mechanics -- 6. The Primacy of Politics and the Military Commander -- 7. The Rational Calculus of War: Correlating Ends and Means -- 8. The First Element of the Paradoxical Trinity: The People in Arms -- 9. The Ideal and the Real: Victory Without Bloodshed and the Search for the Decisive Battle -- 10. Numerical Superiority and Victory -- 11. The Principle of Continuity and the Culminating Point of Victory: The Contradictory Nature of War -- 12. Deception, Surprise and Intelligence -- 13. The Role of the Military Leader -- 14. The Temperament of the Military Leader -- 15. The Battle Environment and the Intuition of the Military Leader -- 16. Boldness and Calculation |
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17. Conclusions -- App. A. Contradiction and Paradox in the Theory of War -- App. B. The Weinberger Doctrine -- App. C. Clausewitz's Ideal-Type Method Applied to Sun-Tzu The Art of War -- App. D. The Problem of the Level of Analysis and the Tacticization of Strategy -- App. E. Machiavelli and Clausewitz on the Role of the People in War -- App. F. Clausewitz and the Principle of Concentration |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index |
| Subject |
Sunzi, active 6th century B.C. Sun-tzu ping fa
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Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831. Vom Kriege.
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Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de, 1779-1869. Précis de l'art de la guerre
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Military art and science -- History.
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| LC no. |
95021167 |
| ISBN |
0714642053 paperback |
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0714646741 |
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