Masters of war : classical strategic thought | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

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