Masters of war : history's greatest strategic thinkers
Title:
Masters of war : history's greatest strategic thinkers
Alternate title:
History's greatest strategic thinkers
Series:
Summary:
"Military strategy matters. Civilizations with the greatest strategists-often coupled with the greatest resources-have had a powerful edge over competing civilizations. From Napoleon's revolutionary campaigns to the way insurgency, terrorism, and nuclear weaponry have defined the nature of warfare in the 21st century, the results of military strategy have changed the course of history. Masters of War: History's Greatest Strategic Thinkers gives you an inside look at both the content and historical context of the world's greatest war strategists. Taught by Professor Andrew R. Wilson, these 24 lectures will instill in you a new appreciation for the subtleties and complexities of strategy."--"The Great Courses" website descritpion.
General Note:
Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, and bibliography.
"Course no. 9422."
Contents:
Why strategy matters -- Thucydides on strategy -- Thucydides as a possession for all time -- Sun Tzu's The art of war -- Sun Tzu through time -- lecture 6. Machiavelli's The art of war -- Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy -- The Napoleonic revolution in war -- Baron Jomini as a strategist -- Clausewitz's On war -- Jomini and Clausewitz through the ages -- From sail to steam -- The sea-power revolution -- Alfred Thayer Mahan -- Sir Julian Corbett -- Mahan, Corbett, and the Pacific war -- Air power in theory and practice -- From rolling thunder to instant thunder -- Nuclear strategy -- Mao Tse-tung in theory and practice -- Classics of counterinsurgency -- Just-war theory -- Strategies of counterterrorism -- From the Jaws of defeat -- strategic adaptation.
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 193, [7] pages ; 19 cm).
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Publisher:
Teaching Company,
Publication Date:
2012
ISBN:
9781598038798
Publication Information:
Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, ©2012.
Call Number:
GC 355 WILSON