Both timely and timeless, "How Wars Are Won" is a fascinating look at the history of warfare and the essential principles for achieving victory--factors as relevant to the antiterrorist challenge as they have been to wars for thousands of years.
Both timely and timeless, "How Wars Are Won" is a fascinating look at the history of warfare and the essential principles for achieving victory--factors as relevant to the antiterrorist challenge as they have been to wars for thousands of years.
Saratoga, 1777: the battle that transformed the world -- The Carolinas, Yorktown, and Independence, 1781 -- Napoleon at Waterloo, 1815 -- The Civil War campaigns of 1862 -- Gettysburg, 1863 -- Battle of the Marne, 1914 -- German victory in the West, 1940 -- Stalingrad, 1942 -- T…
Describes how the tactics and advice offered in the 2,400-year-old Chinese military treatise could have changed the outcome of the battles of Gettysburg, Waterloo, and other modern war campaigns.
Describes how the tactics and advice offered in the 2,400-year-old Chinese military treatise could have changed the outcome of the battles of Gettysburg, Waterloo, and other modern war campaigns.
Alexander shows the causes and effects of the Korean War and demonstrates how the United States could have avoided the confrontation with the Red Chinese if it had correctly interpreted signals from them.
Investigates how top German generals Erwin Rommel, Erich von Manstein, and Heinz Guderian developed and effectively executed the blitzkrieg war tactic during the early years of World War II.