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List of maps | |
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Foreword | |
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Preface to the American edition | |
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Preliminary Note | |
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Warfare and Strategic Cultures in History | |
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The Ancient Near East | |
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The Kadesh Inscription (c. 1295 B.C.): The Battle of Kadesh | |
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Deuteronomy (eight-sixth centuries B.C.): The Conduct of War | |
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The Dead Sea Scrolls (first century B.C.?): The War Rule | |
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Greece and Rome | |
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The Dispute over Corcyra | |
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Pericles' Reply to the Spartan Ultimatum | |
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The Expedition of Cyrus | |
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The Duties of a Cavalry Commander | |
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The Battle of Lake Trasimene | |
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The Battle of Cannae | |
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The Siege of Massilia | |
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The Battle of Pharsalus | |
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Guerrilla Warfare | |
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The Organization of the Roman Army | |
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The General | |
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An Absolute Disaster | |
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War and the Germans | |
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Germanicus's Campaigns on the Rhine | |
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The Battle of Issus | |
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The Battle of Gaugamela | |
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The War against Porus | |
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The Battle of Actium | |
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Dispositions for Action | |
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China | |
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The Art of War | |
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The Book of Lord Shang | |
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Lord Shang | |
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Tien Tan | |
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Lien Po and Lin Hsiang-ju | |
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Chang Liang, Marquis of Liu | |
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The Marquis of Huai-yin (Han Hsin) | |
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India | |
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The Six-fold Policy | |
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The Work of an Invader | |
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Concerning a Powerful Enemy | |
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Strategic Means to Capture a Fortress | |
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Byzantium | |
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The Persian War | |
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The Gothic War | |
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Strategy | |
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Tactics | |
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The Use of Greek Fire against the Rus | |
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The Fall of Constantinople | |
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The Arab World | |
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The Koran (seventh century): On Holy War | |
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Sayings Ascribed to the Prophet | |
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Saying Ascribed to the Prophet | |
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Abu Bakr on the Rules of War | |
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Conquest | |
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The Battle of Kadisaya | |
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The Battle of Karbala' | |
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The Battle of Hittin | |
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The Fall of Acre | |
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Principles of War | |
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Bedouins and Sedentary People | |
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The Admiralty | |
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Methods of Waging War Practiced by the Various Nations | |
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Persia | |
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On Giving Battle to an Enemy | |
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The Art of Controlling an Armed Force | |
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The Book of Government | |
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Conduct of War, Conduct of Battle | |
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The Use of War | |
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The Rules of War and Bravery | |
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On War | |
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The Ottoman Empire | |
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Ottoman Chronicle (fourteenth century): The Origin of the Janissaries | |
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The Sultan in the Field | |
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Mongolia and Central Asia | |
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The Coming of the Mongols | |
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How Mongols Fight | |
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How to Fight Mongols | |
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The Mongols in Iran | |
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The Conquest of Dehli | |
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The Conquest of Hindustan | |
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Limited Wars in the West | |
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The Battle of Crecy | |
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The Siege of Tenochtitlan | |
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The Capture of Atahuallpa | |
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Of Different Kinds of Troops | |
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The Art of War | |
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War and Political Strategy | |
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On the Object of War and the Use of Victory | |
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The Perfection of the French Artillery | |
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Sea Warfare and the Defense of England | |
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The Destruction of the Spanish Armada | |
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On Sea Power | |
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General Rules or Maxims for Attacking a Fortress | |
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Treatise on the Attack and Defense of Fortresses | |
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Military Considerations | |
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On Column Order | |
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On Defensive War | |
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On Mountain War | |
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"Testament" | |
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Reveries on the Art of War | |
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Military Instructions for the Generals | |
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Armies, Ancient and Modern | |
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Introduction to the Essai general de tactique | |
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The Age of Total Wars | |
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On the Defense of Fortified Places | |
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To Michaud, Commander of the Army of the Rhine | |
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The Current Campaign on the Northern Frontiers | |
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The Trafalgar Memorandum | |
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Two Letters | |
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Maxims (1) | |
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Maxims (2) | |
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Geopolitics (from the memoirs of Las Cases) | |
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On Guerrilla Warfare | |
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Why Partisan War Suits Russia | |
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On Partisans and Irregular Forces | |
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On the Nature of War | |
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Statesmanship in Its Relation to War | |
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Strategy | |
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Strategic Combinations | |
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Epitome of Strategy | |
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On Pacification | |
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The Zulu Army (from the diary of Henry Francis Fynn) | |
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Confidence, the Soul of Victory | |
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The March to the Sea | |
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On Strategy | |
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The Spirit of Resistance | |
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Erosion by the Waves of Popular Warfare | |
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War to the Knife | |
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The Spatial Growth of States | |
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The Sea and Sea-going Peoples | |
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Naval Strategy | |
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The Nation in Arms | |
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The Conquest of Madagascar | |
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Present-day War | |
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Counterinsurgency | |
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The Geographical Pivot of History | |
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The Round World and the Winning of the Peace | |
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Strategical Terms and Definitions | |
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On War of Today | |
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The New Conditions of War | |
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Principles of War | |
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Advice of an Onlooker | |
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The Armored Train | |
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Guerrilla Warfare | |
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Command of the Air | |
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The Aeronautical Era | |
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The War Object of an Air Force | |
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On Street Fighting | |
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Counterinsurgency | |
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Mounting Threats | |
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Tank Warfare | |
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The Strategy of Indirect Approach | |
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The Significance and Limits of Geography | |
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The Army of the Future | |
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"Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat" | |
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War and Colonization in the East | |
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Proclamation to the German People | |
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Tank Attack | |
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Rules of Desert Warfare | |
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The Challenge to America | |
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Heartland and Rimland | |
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The Way of Nonviolence | |
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Strategy in China's Revolutionary War | |
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The Nuclear Era | |
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War in the Atomic Age | |
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The Delicate Balance of Terror | |
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The Diplomacy of Violence | |
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Indirect Strategy in the Nuclear Age | |
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Defense Policy and Strategy | |
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Elements of a Theory of Crisis | |
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The Social Dimension of Strategy | |
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Principal subjects covered | |
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