Strategy

<b>The most important book by one of the outstanding military authorities of our time.—<i>Library Journal</i></b><br> <br><b><i>Strategy </i>is a seminal work of military history and theory and a perfect companion to Sun-tzu’s <i>The Art of War</i> and Carl von Clauswitz’s <i>On War.</i></b><br><br>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. In his writing he stressed movement flexibility and surprise. He saw that in most military campaigns it was vital to take an indirect approach. Rather than attacking the enemy head-on one must dislocate their psychological and physical balance. With key examples from World War I and World War II (think trench warfare vs Blitzkreig) Liddell Hart defines the practical principles of waging war—“Adjust your end to your means” “Take a line of operation which offers alternate objectives”—and proves they are as fundamental in the worlds of politics and business as they are in warfare. Preface to the Second Revised Edition<br>Preface<br><b>Part I: Strategy from Fifth Century B.C. to Twentieth Century A.D.</b><br>I. History as Practical Experience<br>II. Greek Wars—Epaminondas Philip and Alexander<br>III. Roman Wars—Hannibal Scipio and Caesar<br>IV. Byzantine Wars—Belisarius and Narses<br>V. Medieval Wars<br>VI. The Seventeenth Century—Gustavus Cromwell Turenne<br>VII. The Eighteenth Century—Marlborough and Frederick<br>VIII. The French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte<br>IX. 1854-1914<br>X. Conclusions from Twenty-five Centuries<br><b>Part II: Strategy of the First World War</b><br>XI. The Plans and Their Issue in the Western Theatre 1914<br>XII. The North-eastern Theatre<br>XIII. The South-eastern or Mediterranean Theatre<br>XIV. The Strategy of 1918<br><b>Part III: Strategy of the Second World War</b><br>XV. Hitler's Strategy<br>XVI. Hitler's Run of Victory<br>XVII. Hitler's Decline<br>XVIII. Hitler's Fall<br><b>Part IV. Fundamentals of Strategy and Grand Strategy</b><br>XIX. The Theory of Strategy<br>XX. The Concentrated Essence of Strategy and Tactics<br>XXI. National Object and Military Aim<br>XXII. Grand Strategy<br>XXII. Guerrilla War<br>Appendix I: The Strategy of Indirect Approach in the North African Campaign 1940-42 by Major-General Eric Dorman-Smith<br>Appendix II: For by Wise Counsel Thou Shalt Make Thy War. A Strategical Analysis of the Arab-Israel War 1948-9 by General Yigael Yadin<br>Index of Deductions<br>Index The most important book by one of the outstanding military authorities of our time.—<b>Library Journal</b><br><br>“No man has devoted more concentrated thought to the nature and problems of strategy.”—<b><i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br>  <br> “A major work… bristles with challenges to the mind.”—<b><i>Saturday Review<br>  </i></b><br> “Brilliant… a classic in military literature.”—<b><i>Marine Corps Gazette<br>  <br></i></b> <b>Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart</b> commonly known as Captain B. H. Liddell Hart was an English soldier military historian military theorist and author of many books including <i>Strategy The German Generals Talk The Memoirs of Captain Liddell Hart </i>and <i>History of the Second World War</i>. <b>The most important book by one of the outstanding military authorities of our time.—<i>Library Journal</i></b><br> <br><b><i>Strategy </i>is a seminal work of military history and theory and a perfect companion to Sun-tzu’s <i>The Art of War</i> and Carl von Clauswitz’s <i>On War.</i></b><br><br>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. In his writing he stressed movement flexibility and surprise. He saw that in most military campaigns it was vital to take an indirect approach. Rather than attacking the enemy head-on one must dislocate their psychological and physical balance. With key examples from World War I and World War II (think trench warfare vs Blitzkreig) Liddell Hart defines the practical principles of waging war—“Adjust your end to your means” “Take a line of operation which offers alternate objectives”—and proves they are as fundamental in the worlds of politics and business as they are in warfare.