Strategy

Strategy is among the 20th Century’s most pivotal theoretical works on warfare, analysing wars from the fifth century B.C. to the middle of the twentieth century, and drawing upon the author’s own experiences in World War I. A renowned British military historian and strategist, Liddell Hart was most famous for his advocacy of the ‘indirect approach’ and widely considered to be the ‘Clausewitz of the 20th century’. Indeed, many military strategists argue that Strategy provides the ideal companion to Sun-tzu’s The Art of War and Carl von Clausewitz’s On War – particularly for the author’s incisive critiques of what he considered to be the application of poorly-understood Clausewitzian strategy in the conduct of World War I. Strategy is essential reading for officers desiring thorough understanding of strategy and military history.