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'Authoritative and convincing.'—New York Times Book ReviewThe classic reference on the theory and practice of warThe essays in this volume analyze war, its strategic characterisitics, and its political and social functions over the past five centuries. The diversity of its themes and the broad perspectives applied to them make the book a work of general history as much as a history of the theory and practice of war from the Renaissance to the present. Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age takes the first part of its title from an earlier collection of essays that became a classic of historical scholarship. Three essays are repinted from the earlier book while four others have been extensively revised. The rest—twenty-two essays—are new.The subjects addressed range from major theorists and political and military leaders to impersonal forces. Machiavelli, Clausewitz, and Marx and Engels are discussed, as are Napoleon, Churchill, and Mao. Other essays trace the interaction of theory and experience over generations—the evolution of American strategy, for instance, or the emergence of revolutionary war in the modern world. Still others analyze the strategy of par

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Author

Gilbert, Felix, Craig, Gordon Alexander, Paret, Peter.

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400835461

Category

history

Subjects

History, Science, Military

Rating

4.03 / 5 (1,148 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14