Description
Book SynopsisThis book reintroduces readers to the lives and writings of the greatest military minds of the modern era, writers whose ideas and teachings continue to shape the conduct of war in the 21st century.
Trade ReviewIn this thoughtful, clear and interesting work, Reading University's Professor of International Relations, Beatrice Heuser, offers a significant introduction to Western European thinking on war and the military. * RUSI *
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: Themes and Context of Literature on Strategy 2 Raimond de Beccarie de Pavie, Seigneur de Fourquevaux (1548) 3 François de Saillans—Bertrand de Loque (1589) 4 Matthew Sutcliffe (1593) 5 Don Bernardino de Mendoza (1595) 6 Paul Hay du Chastelet (1668) 7 Santa Cruz de Marcenado and Zanthier (1724–30/1775) 8 Count de Guibert (1772) 9 August Rühle von Lilienstern (1816)
Notes Selected Bibliography Index
