Mavericks of War: The Unconventional, Unorthodox Innovators and Thinkers, Scholars, and Outsiders Who Mastered the Art of War

by Jason Ridler

Book Overview

During World War I, Oxford-trained archaeologist Lawrence of Arabia used his knowledge of the Middle East to help organize the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire. In this entertaining and insightful book, Jason Ridler profiles the intellectuals, outsiders, and eccentrics who followed in Lawrence's footsteps across the next hundred years of warfare and who relied on creativity, curiosity, and outside-the-box thinking to shape battlefields from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811719863
• ISBN13: 9780811719865
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.0"