Collection: Recommended Reading (14)

"Edward Luttwak skilfully weaves together theory and historical experience to illuminate the nature of strategy. The result is perceptive work that reveals the complexity, the subtlety, or, as he would put it, the essentially paradoxical nature of strategy. The first part of his book explains the...

"This work is one of the best single-volume accounts of war written by one of America's most respected military historians. It is the product of more than 35 years of study and teaching of military history in various institutions of learning in the United States. Archer Jones traces history from ...

Tracing the use of air power in World War II and the Korean War, Clodfelter explains how U. S. Air Force doctrine evolved through the American experience in these conventional wars only to be thwarted in the context of a limited guerrilla struggle in Vietnam. Although faith in bombing's sheer des...

"This multi-authored volume is an important resource for professionals and students alike who seek information on the use of naval forces in wartime. It breaks new ground in theorising about seapower and in applying principles to historical examples. Individual essays provide general theories of ...