TY  - BOOK
AU  - Handel,Michael I
TI  - Masters of war : classical strategic thought 
SN  - 9780714681320
AV  - U27 .H36 2001
U1  - 355.02 22
PY  - 2001///
CY  - London 
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Sunzi,
KW  - Clausewitz, Carl von,
KW  - Jomini, Antoine Henri,
KW  - Sun Zi.
KW  - Military art and science
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Strategy: past theories, modern practice -- Comparing Sun Tzu and Clausewitz -- The definition of war: a question of the level of analysis -- Clausewitz and Mao Tse-tung on theory and practice in war -- "Attacking the enemy's plans" and the concept of "the center of gravity": Eastern psychology and Western mechanics -- The primacy of politics and the military commander -- The rational calculus of war: correlating ends and means -- Clausewitz on the role of "moral forces" in war -- The supreme act of judgment: understanding the "nature of war" and the "trinitarian analysis" -- The first element of the remarkable trinity: the people in arms -- The ideal and the real: victory without bloodshed and the search for the decisive battle -- Speed, numerical superiority, and victory -- The principle of continuity and the culminating point of victory: the contradictory nature of war -- Clausewitz on war termination -- Deception, surprise, and intelligence -- On military leadership -- Boldness and calculation -- Corbett, Clausewitz, and Sun Tzu -- Conclusions: Towards a unified theory of war
ER  -