A Military History Of The Western World, Vol. I: From The Earliest Times To The Battle Of Lepanto - Brossura

Fuller, J. F. C.

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ISBN 10: 0306803046 ISBN 13: 9780306803048

Casa editrice: Da Capo Press, 1987

Riassunto

Major General J. F. C. Fuller, a pioneer of mechanized warfare in Great Britain, was one of this century's most renowned military strategists and historians. In this magisterial work he spans military history from the Greeks to the end of World War II, describing tactics, battle lines, the day-to-day struggles while always relating affairs on the field to the larger questions of social, political, and economic change in Western civilization. A masterpiece of scholarship and biting prose, these volumes are available for the first time in a handsome trade paperback edition.

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Major General J.F.C. Fuller (1878-1966) was one of the most important and original military thinkers of this century. He served as lieutenant in the Boer War, organized the first British tank corps in World War I, and developed the strategy and tactics of tank warfare which were later put to such effective use by the Nazis for their World War II blitzkriegs. His many books include A Military History of the Western World (3 volumes), The Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant, Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, and Tyrant, and The Generalship of Alexander the Great, all of which are available from Da Capo Press/Perseus Book Group.

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• Editore: Da Capo Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0306803046
• ISBN 13: 9780306803048
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 624