战争与军事思想The Art of War-War and Military Thought

From Confucian China to the present day, warriors have understood that combat is an art, one requiring sharp, flexible minds capable of adapting quickly to constantly shifting situations. In a survey that looks widely across history and cultures, the theories of some of the finest thinkers and strategists unfold, illuminating the development of military thought. The story begins with ancient Chinese tacticians, especially Sun Tzu, who was among the first to compose written texts on how to wage war. It then proceeds to the age of classical antiquity, which saw the creation of many unsurpassed works on military history: to Byzantine and medieval Western thought; to the years between 1500 and the end of the Seven Years' War, when Machiavelli wrote; and then to some of the true greats like Clausewitz. We head into the modern age with a look at the 19th century, naval warfare, the two World Wars, nuclear strategy, and guerrilla insurrections. 224 pages, 70 color illus., 80 b/w illus., 7 3/4 x 10 3/8.
作者简介：General Hans von Seeckt, First World War commander and founder of the German Reichswehr, described the link between military thought and practice by saying 'From knowledge to competence it is a great step - from ignorance to competence an even greater one'. This book narrates the complete history of military thought and its impact on the art of war and warfare from the ancient Chinese through to the great masters of the nineteenth century, twentieth-century warfare and the wars of the future.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MAP LIST
CHRONOLOGY
INTRODUCTION STUDYING WAR
1 CHINESE MILITARY THOUGHT
2 FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGES
3 FROM 1500 TO 1763
4 GUIBERT TO GLAUSEWITZ
5 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
6 NAVAL WARFARE
7 THE INTERWAR PERIOD
8 FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT
SOME LEADING MILITARY THINKERS
FURTHER READING
INDEX
PICTURE CREDITS