Strategy: Second Revised Edition - Brossura

Liddell, Hart B. H.

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ISBN 10: 0452010713 ISBN 13: 9780452010710

Casa editrice: Plume, 1991

Riassunto

"The most important book by one of the outstanding military authorities of our time."—Library Journal
 
This is the classic book on war as we know it. During his long life, Basil H. Liddell Hart was considered one of the world's foremost military thinkers—a man generally regarded as the "Clausewitz of the 20th century." Strategy is a seminal work of military history and theory, a perfect companion to Sun-tzu’s The Art of War and Carl von Clauswitz’s On War.

Liddell Hart stressed movement, flexibility, and surprise. He saw that in most military campaigns dislocation of the enemy's psychological and physical balance is prelude to victory. This dislocation results from a strategic indirect approach. Reflect for a moment on the results of direct confrontation (trench war in WW I) versus indirect dislocation (Blitzkreig in WW II). He shows how Hitler almost won, and ultimately lost, World War II, and defines practical principles—“Adjust your end to your means,” “Take a line of operation which offers alternate objectives”—that are as fundamental in the worlds of politics and business as they are in warfare.

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"The most important book by one of the outstanding military authorities of our time."—Library Journal

“No man has devoted more concentrated thought to the nature and problems of strategy.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
“A major work... bristles with challenges to the mind.”—Saturday Review
 
“Brilliant... a classic in military literature.”—Marine Corps Gazette
 

L'autore:

Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart, commonly known as Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, was an English soldier, military historian, military theorist, and author of many books, including Strategy, The German Generals Talk, The Memoirs of Captain Liddell Hart, and History of the Second World War.

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• Editore: Plume
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0452010713
• ISBN 13: 9780452010710
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 448