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050	0	0	_aU27 _b.H36 2001
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100	1		_aHandel, Michael I _9146985
245	1	0	_aMasters of war _bclassical strategic thought
260			_aLondon _bRoutledge _c2001
300			_axxvii,482p. _bill., map ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aStrategy: 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.
600	0	0	_aSunzi, _d6th cent. B.C. _tSunzi bing fa. _91639379
600	1	0	_aClausewitz, Carl von, _d1780-1831. _tVom Kriege. _91139047
600	1	0	_aJomini, Antoine Henri, _cbaron de, _d1779-1869. _tPrécis de l'art de la guerre. _91639380
600	0	4	_aSun Zi. _91639381
600	1	4	_aClausewitz, Carl von, _d1780-1831. _9148276
650		0	_aMilitary art and science _xHistory. _953447
650		4	_aMilitary art and science _xHistory. _953447
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