Masters of War: Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, and JominiA comprehensive comparative analysis of Sun Tzu's (6th cent. B.C.) The art of war, Clausewitz's (1780-1831) On war, and Jomini's (1779-1869) The art of war. Author Handel is Professor of Strategy at the US Naval War College. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Contents
Foreword | 9 |
Comparing Sun Tzu and Clausewitz | 21 |
A Question of | 32 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Masters of War: Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, and Jomini |
| Author | Michael I. Handel |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Frank Cass, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Aug 10, 2009 |
| ISBN | 071463476X, 9780714634760 |
| Length | 176 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Military / General |
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