Author: Dennis Hart MahanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Summary of the Course of Permanent Fortification and of the Attack and Defence of Permanent Works
Author: Dennis Hart MahanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
A Historic Resources Study
Author: Engineering Victory
Author: Justin S. SolonickPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809333910
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Justin S. Solonick, PhD, is an adjunct instructor in the Department of History and Geography at Texas Christian University. His most recent publication, "Saving the Army of Tennessee: The Confederate Rear Guard at Ringgold Gap," appeared in The Chattanooga Campaign, published by SIU Press in 2012.
A Scientific Way of War
Author: Ian C. HopePublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803276850
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
While faith in the Enlightenment was waning elsewhere by 1850, at the United States Military Academy at West Point and in the minds of academy graduates serving throughout the country Enlightenment thinking persisted, asserting that war was governable by a grand theory accessible through the study of military science. Officers of the regular army and instructors at the military academy and their political superiors all believed strongly in the possibility of acquiring a perfect knowledge of war through the proper curriculum. A Scientific Way of War analyzes how the doctrine of military science evolved from teaching specific Napoleonic applications to embracing subjects that were useful for war in North America. Drawing from a wide array of materials, Ian C. Hope refutes earlier charges of a lack of professionalization in the antebellum American army and an overreliance on the teachings of Swiss military theorist Antoine de Jomini. Instead, Hope shows that inculcation in West Point’s American military curriculum eventually came to provide the army with an officer corps that shared a common doctrine and common skill in military problem solving. The proliferation of military science ensured that on the eve of the Civil War there existed a distinctly American, and scientific, way of war. Purchase the audio edition.
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
Author: Peter ParetPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400835461
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 950
Book Description
"Authoritative and convincing."—New York Times Book Review The classic reference on the theory and practice of war The essays in this volume analyze war, its strategic characterisitics, and its political and social functions over the past five centuries. The diversity of its themes and the broad perspectives applied to them make the book a work of general history as much as a history of the theory and practice of war from the Renaissance to the present. Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age takes the first part of its title from an earlier collection of essays that became a classic of historical scholarship. Three essays are repinted from the earlier book while four others have been extensively revised. The rest—twenty-two essays—are new. The subjects addressed range from major theorists and political and military leaders to impersonal forces. Machiavelli, Clausewitz, and Marx and Engels are discussed, as are Napoleon, Churchill, and Mao. Other essays trace the interaction of theory and experience over generations—the evolution of American strategy, for instance, or the emergence of revolutionary war in the modern world. Still others analyze the strategy of particular conflicts—the First and Second World Wars—or the relationship between technology, policy, and war in the nuclear age. Whatever its theme, each essay places the specifics of military thought and action in their political, social, and economic environment. Together, the contributors have produced a book that reinterprets and illuminates war, one of the most powerful forces in history and one that cannot be controlled in the future without an understanding of its past.
Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record
Author: Nicolas TrübnerSummary of the Course of Permanent Fortification and of the Attack and Defence of Permanent Works
Author: Dennis Hart MahanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781504291057
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Hardcover reprint of the original 1862 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Mahan, D. H. Dennis Hart. Summary Of The Course Of Permanent Fortification And Of The Attack And Defence Of Permanent Works, For The Use Of The Cadets Of The U.S. Military Academy. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Mahan, D. H. Dennis Hart. Summary Of The Course Of Permanent Fortification And Of The Attack And Defence Of Permanent Works, For The Use Of The Cadets Of The U.S. Military Academy, . Charleston, Steampower Presses Of Evans & Cogswell, 1862. Subject: Fortification
The American Way of War
Author: Russell F. WeigleyPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253280299
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
" . . . a strong and stimulating book. It has no rival in either scope or quality. For libraries, history buffs, and armchair warriors, it is a must. For political science students, career diplomats, and officers in the armed services, its reading should be required." —History "A particularly timely account." —Kansas City Times "It reads easily but is not a popularized history . . . nor does the book become a history of battles. . . . Weigley's analyses and interpretations are searching, competent, and useful." —Perspective
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