Author: Charles Sanford TerryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Treitschke, Bernhardi and Some Theologians
Author: Charles Sanford TerryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A History of Military Thought
Author: Azar GatPublisher:
ISBN: 9780199247622
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
From the ideas of Clausewitz to contemporary doctrines of containment and cold war, this is a definitive history of modern military thought. A one-volume collection of Azar Gat's acclaimed trilogy, it traces the quest for a general theory of war from its origins in the Enlightenment.Beginning with a provocative critique of Clausewitz's classic work On War, the author unravels the endemic difficulties in Clausewitz's work that have baffled scholars for so long, clearly explaining the development of his ideas against the background of the Napoleonic revolution in war and theRomantic critique of the Enlightenment. He continues the story through the strategic ideas of the Prussian-German military school during the nineteenth century, the factors that shaped the 'cult of the offensive' in the French Army before the First World War, and the competing doctrines whichdominated naval warfare during the ages of sail and steam. In the final part of the trilogy, he shows how theories of mechanized war emerged throughout the industrial world in the first decades of the twentieth century and explains why their leading exponents were associated with fascism.Drastically re-evaluating B.H. Liddell Hart's contribution to strategic theory, the author argues that in the wake of the trauma of the First World War, and in response to the Axis challenge, Liddell Hart developed the doctrine of containment and cold war long before the advent of nuclear weapons.He reveals Liddell Hart as a pioneer of the modern western liberal way in warfare which is still with us today.
The Development of Military Thought
Author: Azar GatPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198202462
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
In this scholarly and original study of military thought during the nineteenth century Azar Gat continues and expands the themes he explored in his previous book, The Origins of Military Thought from the Enlightenment to Clausewitz (Oxford Historical Monographs, 1989). The present volume spans the period from the aftermath of the Napoleonic era to the outbreak of the First World War. Encompassing Prussia/Germany, France, Great Britain, the United States of America and the Marxist theory later to gain sway in Russia, The Development of Military Thought focuses on the wider conceptions of war, strategy, and military theory which dominated the West in this period. Dr. Gat's penetrating analysis uncovers the intellectual assumptions and picture of the past which underlay military policy and practice.
Publications
Author: A Select Analytical List of Books Concerning the Great War
Author: George Walter ProtheroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Leaflet
Author: Historical Association Pamphlets
Author: Historical Association (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
From Bismarck to Hitler
Author: Dr. Louis L. SnyderPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787203840
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
“It is a most unusual picture that meets our eyes, varying in color from the black and white of ultra-conservative, traditional nationalism to the red of radicalism and the black and red of national socialism. The Germany of 1862-1935 has known every array of nationalism, from the Jacobin variety through humanitarian nationalism and passionate Hitlerite super-nationalism. It is our purpose to clarify this background, to show on what foundation modern integral nationalism rests. The task of selecting the most important elements from this distorted picture is an extremely difficult one, but the attempt, at least, must be made.”
The Scottish Historical Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A new series of the Scottish antiquary established 1886.
Books on the Great War
Author: Frederick William Theodor LangePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : European war, 1914-
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description