The Creator of Modern Strategy: From Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age

Author: Pareto
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book's exposition of strategic thought and strategic practice spans the entire modern history: from Machiavelli, through Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the Great, Washington and Hamilton, Napoleon, Clausewitz, Marx and Engels, to the great commanders, statesmen, or thinkers such as Helmuth von Moltke. It includes government leaders, military commanders, revolutionary movement leaders, and strategic theorists who played a particularly prominent role in shaping the history of 20th-century warfare and international politics. The articles collected in this book offer a broad political and grand strategic perspective, demonstrating the close interplay between peace and war, and showing the connection between society and its military institutions and policies. "Then, strategic thought is the red thread that runs through all these papers. They explore the ideas of scholars and military leaders since the Renaissance about the effective application of society's military resources: how available or potentially available combat power can be used for the best purposes." This book's exposition of strategic thought and strategy spans the entire modern history: from Machiavelli, through Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the Great, Washington and Hamilton, Napoleon, Clausewitz, Marx and Engels, to the great commanders, statesmen, or thinkers, such as those who played a particularly prominent role in shaping the history of 20th-century warfare and international politics.