Masters of war : classical strategic thought

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Masters of war : classical strategic thought

Michael I. Handel

Frank Cass, c1996

2nd rev. and expanded ed

  • : pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-303) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Masters of War is the first comprehensive study based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clausewitz and Sun Tzu and to a lesser extent by Jomini and Machiavelli. Brushing stereotypes aside, the author takes a fresh look at what these strategic thinkers actually said - not what they are widely believed to have said. He finds that despite their apparent differences in terms of time, place, cultural background and level of material/technological development, all had much more in common than is previously supposed. In fact, the central conclusion of this book is that the logic of waging war and of strategic thinking is as universal and timeless as human nature itself. This second, enlarged, edition contains a new chapter on the Clausewitzian principles of continuity and the culminating point of victory. There are also six new appendices.

目次

  • Strategy - past theories, modern practice
  • comparing Sun Tzu and Clausewitz
  • Sun Tzu, Clausewitz and the study of war
  • the definition of war - a question of the level of analysis
  • "Attacking the Enemy's Plans" and the concept of the "Centre of Gravity" - Eastern psychology and Western mechanics
  • the primacy of politics and the military commander
  • the ratinal calculus of war - correlating ends and means
  • the first element of the paradoxical trinity - the people in arms
  • the ideal and the real - victory without bloodshed and the search for the decisive battle
  • numerical superiority and victory
  • the principle of continuity and the culminating point of victory - the contradictory nature of war
  • deception, surprise and intelligence
  • the role of the military leader
  • the temperament of the military leader
  • the battle environment and the intuition of the military leader
  • boldness and calculation. Appendices: 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"
  • the problem of the level of analysis and the tacticization of strategy
  • Machiavelli and Clausewitz on the role of the people in war
  • Clausewitz and the principle of concentration.

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