Makers of Modern Strategy: From Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age

Makers of Modern Strategy comprises twenty-nine essays analysing war, its strategic characteristics and its political and social functions over the past five centuries. This text spans a vast array of themes and perspectives through to the end of the Cold War – including theorists such as Machiavelli, Clausewitz, and Marx and Engels; political and military leaders including Napoleon, Churchill, and Mao; and the interaction of theory and experience over generations. Every essay capably orientates the specifics of military thought and action within the broader political, social, and economic milieu. Makers of Modern Strategy is essential reading for any student of war and those with a keen interest in military theory.