The Strategy Makers: Thoughts on War and Society from Machiavelli to Clausewitz

by Beatrice Heuser

This book reintroduces readers to the lives and writings of the greatest military minds of the modern era, writers whose ideas and teachings continue to shape the conduct of war in the 21st century.

The word "strategy" only came into usage in West European languages after the work of a Byzantine emperor was translated around the time of the French Revolution. Nevertheless, there was writing on strategy - relating political aims to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275998266
• ISBN13: 9780275998264
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"