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Strategy / B.H. Liddell Hart.

By: Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Sir, 1895-1970.
Contributor(s): Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Sir, 1895-1970. Decisive wars of history.
Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Meridian, [1991], c1967Edition: 2nd rev. ed.Description: xxi, 426 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780452010710 (pbk.) :; 0452010713 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Military history | Strategy
Contents:
Strategy from fifth century B.C. to twentieth century A.D. -- History as practical experience -- Greek wars : Epaminondas, Philip, and Alexander -- Roman wars : Hannibal, Scipio, and Caesar -- Byzantine wars : Belisarius and Narses -- Medieval wars -- The seventeenth century : Gustavus, Cromwell, Turenne -- The eighteenth century : Marlborough and Frederick -- The French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte -- 1854-1914 -- Conclusions from twenty-five centuries -- Strategy of the First World War -- The plans and their issue in the Western theatre, 1914 -- The North-eastern theatre -- The South-eastern or Mediterranean theatre -- The strategy of 1918 -- Strategy of the Second World War -- Hitler's strategy -- Hitler's run of victory -- Hitler's decline -- Hitler's fall -- Fundamentals of strategy and grand strategy -- The theory of strategy -- The concentrated essence of strategy and tactics -- National object and military aim -- Grand strategy -- Guerrilla war -- The strategy of indirect approach in the North African campaign, 1940-42 / by Major-General Eric Dorman-Smith -- 'For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war' : a strategical analysis of the Arab-Israel War, 1948-49 / by General Yigael Yadin.

Rev. ed. of: The decisive wars of history. London : G. Bell & Sons, 1929.

Includes indexes.

Strategy from fifth century B.C. to twentieth century A.D. -- History as practical experience -- Greek wars : Epaminondas, Philip, and Alexander -- Roman wars : Hannibal, Scipio, and Caesar -- Byzantine wars : Belisarius and Narses -- Medieval wars -- The seventeenth century : Gustavus, Cromwell, Turenne -- The eighteenth century : Marlborough and Frederick -- The French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte -- 1854-1914 -- Conclusions from twenty-five centuries -- Strategy of the First World War -- The plans and their issue in the Western theatre, 1914 -- The North-eastern theatre -- The South-eastern or Mediterranean theatre -- The strategy of 1918 -- Strategy of the Second World War -- Hitler's strategy -- Hitler's run of victory -- Hitler's decline -- Hitler's fall -- Fundamentals of strategy and grand strategy -- The theory of strategy -- The concentrated essence of strategy and tactics -- National object and military aim -- Grand strategy -- Guerrilla war -- The strategy of indirect approach in the North African campaign, 1940-42 / by Major-General Eric Dorman-Smith -- 'For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war' : a strategical analysis of the Arab-Israel War, 1948-49 / by General Yigael Yadin.

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