A History of Military Thought

Part One: The Military School of the Enlightenment; 1: Montecuccoli: The Impact of Proto-Science on Military Theory; 2: The Military Thinkers of the French Enlightenment: The Quest for a General Theory of War; 3: The Military Thinkers of the German 'Aufklarung'; 4: Through the Napoleonic Age; Part Two: The German Movement, Clausewitz, and the Origins of the German Military School; 5: The Reaction Against the Enlightenment: New Perspectives on Military Theory; 6: Clausewitz: Demolishing and Rebuilding the Theoretical Ideal; 7: Clausewitz: The Nature of War; 8: Conclusion; 9: Clausewitz's Final Notes Revisited; Part Three: The Development of Military Thought; 10: Positivism, Romanticism, and Military Theory 1815-1870; 11: The German Military School: Its World-View and Conception of War 1815-1914; 12: The Cult of the Offensive: The Sources of French Military Doctrine 1871-1914; 13: From Sail to Steam: Naval Theory and the Military Parallel 1882-1914; 14: Marxism, Clausewitz, and Military Theory 1848 to the Nuclear Age; Part Four: Fascist Modernism and Visionaries of Machine Warfare 15: Introduction: The 'Janus Face' of Fascism; 16: J. F. C. Fuller: Positivism, Evolution, Fascism, and Future Warfare; 17: Futurism, Proto-Fascist Italian Culture, and the Sources of Douhetism; 18: German Right-Wing Radicalism, Strategic Adventurism, and Mechanized Warfare; 19: Comparisons and Contrasts (I): American Populism, Progressivism, and Mid-West Technological Modernism; 20: Comparisons and Contrasts (II): Marxism, Modernism, and the Doctrine of 'Deep Battle'; Part Five: Lideel Hart, Modern, and Post-Modern Strategy21: Introduction; 22: Background: The First World War in Western Consciousness; 23: Theory: The Lmited War, Moderate Peace, and the Strategy of Indirect Approach; 24: Policy: Defence of the West (I): Containment in the 1930s; 25: Policy: Defence of the West II: Hot War-Cold War; 26: Conclusion: 'The Western Way in Warfare', Past and Future.

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