The Evolution of Strategy: Thinking War from Antiquity to the Present
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Book Overview
Is there a 'Western way of war' which pursues battles of annihilation and single-minded military victory? Is warfare on a path to ever greater destructive force? This magisterial account answers these questions by tracing the history of Western thinking about strategy - the employment of military force as a political instrument - from antiquity to the present day. Assessing sources from Vegetius to contemporary America, and with a particular focus...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:052115524X
ISBN13:9780521155243
Release Date:November 2010
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:594 Pages
Weight:0.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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Published by Paul , 2 years ago
The low price on this book should have been a warning. The book is terribly highlighted. It has virtually no section that is not exhaustively highlighted. I will give this to our local used book store and go ahead and pay the full price for this very useful book.
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