Full name: Masters of War: Classical Strategic Thought

Author: Michael I. Handel Year: 1992 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: War/Military, History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780714681320 0714681326

This is the first comprehensive study based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Mao Tse-tung, and to a lesser extent, Jomini and Machiavelli. Brushing stereotypes aside, the author takes a fresh look at what these strategic thinkers actually said--not what they are widely believed to have said. He finds that despite their apparent differences in terms of time, place, cultural background, and level of material/technological development, all had much more in common than previously supposed. In fact, the central conclusion of this book is that the logic of waging war and of strategic thinking is as universal and timeless as human nature itself. This third, revised and expanded edition includes five new chapters and some new charts and diagrams. Similar books: Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age by Peter Paret How Wars Are Won by Bevin Alexander On War by Carl von Clausewitz Roots of Strategy by Thomas R. Phillips The Art of War by Antoine Henri De Jomini Strategy by B. H. Liddell Hart Strategy by Edward N. Luttwak 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff WAR by Sebastian Junger Red Platoon by Clinton Romesha Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor The Battle of Midway by Craig L. Symonds The Outpost by Jake Tapper