Art of War in World History : From Antiquity to the Nuclear Age

List of maps xvii Foreword xix Lucien Poirier Preface to the American edition xxv Preliminary Note xxix Warfare and Strategic Cultures in History 1(48) Gerard Chaliand The Ancient Near East The Kadesh Inscription (c. 1295 B.C.) The Battle of Kadesh 49(10) Deuteronomy (eight-sixth centuries B.C.) The Conduct of War 59(2) The Deal Sea Scrolls (first century B.C.?) The War Rule 61(6) Greece and Rome Thucydides (c. 460-c. 399 B.C.) The Dispute over Corcyra 67(10) Pericles' Reply to the Spartan Ultimatum 77(5) Xenophon (c. 426--c. 354 B.C.) The Expedition of Cyrus 82(20) The Duties of a Cavalary Commander 102(10) Polybius (c. 202--c. 120 B.C.) The Battle of Lake Trasimene 112(4) The Battle of Cannae 116(9) Julius Caesar (c. 101--44 B.C.) The Siege of Massilia 125(7) The Battle of Pharsalus 132(6) Sallust (c. 86--c. 35 B.C.) Guerrilla Warfare 138(12) Josephus (C.A.D. 37--C. 100) The Organization of the Roman Army 150(4) Onasander (first century A.D.) The General 154(3) Plutarch (C. A. D. 46--c. 120) An Absolute Disaster 157(8) Tacitus (C.A.D. 55--c. 120) War and the Germans 165(3) Germanicus's Campaigns on the Rhine 168(6) Arrian (C.A.D. 92--175) The Battle of Issus 174(6) The Battle of Gaugamela 180(8) The War Against Porus 188(9) Cassius Dio (C.A.D. 155--235?) The Battle of Actium 197(4) Flavius Vegetius (late fourth century A.D.) Dispositions for Action 201(20) China Sun Zi (fourth century B.C.) The Art of War 221(18) Shang Yang (fourth century B.C.) The Book of Lord Shang 239(6) Ssu-ma Ch'ien (C. 145--C. 86 B.C.) Lord Shang 245(7) Tien Tan 252(3) Lien Po and Lin Hsiang-ju 255(9) Chang Liang, Marquis of Liu 264(10) The Marquis of Huai--yin (Han Hsin) 274(13) India Kautilaya (fourth century B.C.?) The Six-fold Policy 287(34) The Work of an Invader 321(3) Concerning a Powerful Enemy 324(3) Strategic Means to Capture a Fortress 327(8) Byzantium Procopius (C.A.D. 500--565?) The Persian War 335(6) The Gothic War 341(7) Maurikios (C. A.D. 539--602) Strategy 348(8) Leo VI (A.D. 865--912) Tactics 356(20) Liutprand (C. A.D. 920--972) The Use of Greek Fire against the Rus 376(2) Kritovoulos (C. 1410--?) The Fall of Constantinople 378(9) The Arab World The Koran (seventh century) On Holy War 387(1) Al-Muttaqi's al-Hindi (1477--1567) Sayings Ascribed to the Prophet 388(3) Al-Bukhari (810--870) Sayings Ascribed to the Prophet 391(1) Al-Tabari (c. 838--923) Abu Bark on the Rules of War 392(1) Conquest 393(1) The Battle of Kadisaya 394(1) The Battle of Karbala' 395(5) Ibn al--Athir (1160--1233) The Battle of Hittin 400(5) Baha' ad-Din Ibn Shaddad (1145--1234) The Fall of Acre 405(5) Ibn Hudhayl al-Andalusi (fourteenth Century) Principles of War 410(5) Ibn Khaldun (1332--1406) Bedouins and Sedentary People 415(1) The Admiralty 416(4) Methods of Waging War Practiced by the Various Nations 420(9) Persia Kai Ka'us Ibn Iskandar (c. 1020--1085) On Giving Battle to an Enemy 429(2) The Art of Controlling an Armed Force 431(3) Nizam al-Mulk (1018--1092) The Book of Government 434(7) Al-Rawandi (thirteenth century) Conduct of War, Conduct of Battle 441(3) Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201--1274) The Use of War 444(3) Mubarakshah (c. 1120--1224) The Rules of War and Bravery 447(4) Sa'di (c. 1209--1291) On War 451(4) The Ottoman Empire Ottoman Chronicle (fourteenth century) The Origin of the Janissaries 455(2) Busbecq (1522--1592) The Sultan in the Field 457(6) Monogolia and Central Asia Ibn al-Athir (1160--1233) The Coming of the Mongols 463(2) John of Plano Carpino (c. 1182--1252) How Mongols Fight 465(5) How to Fight Mongols 470(5) Ata Malik al-Juwayni (1226--1283) The Mongols in Iran 475(4) Timur (1336--1405) The Conquest of Dehli 479(12) Babur (1483--1530) The Conquest of Hindustan 491(10) Limited Wars in the West Jean Froissart (c. 1337--1404?) The Battle of Crecy 501(7) Hernan Cortes (1485--1547) The Siege of Tenochtitlan 508(23) Francisco de Jerez (c. 1497--?) The Capture of Atahuallpa 531(4) Niccolo Machiavelli (1469--1527) Of Different Kinds of Troops 535(1) The Art of War 536(2) War and Political Strategy 538(7) On the Object of War and the Use of Victory 545(2) Francesco Guicciardini (1483--1540) The Perfection of the French Artillery 547(3) Walter Raleigh (1554--1618) Sea Warfare and the Defense of England 550(3) Richard Hakluyt (c. 1553--1616) The Destruction of the Spanish Armada 553(3) Duc de Richelieu (1585--1642) On Sea Power 556(4) Sebastien de Vauban (1633--1707) General Rules or Maxims for Attacking a Fortress 560(3) Treatise on the Attack and Defense of Fortresses 563(3) Raimonodo de Montecuccoli (1608--1681) Military Considerations 566(4) Jean de Folard (1669--1752) On Column Order 570(1) On Defensive War 571(3) On Mountain War 574(3) Peter the Great (1672--1725) ``Testament'' 577(3) Maurisce de Saxe (1696--1750) Reveries on the Art of War 580(16) Fredrick the Great (1712--1786) Military Instructions for the Generals 596(13) Henry LIoyd (1729--1783) Armies, Ancient and Modern 609(14) Jacques de Guibert (1743--1790) Introduction to the Essai general de tactique 623(6) The Age of Total Wars Lazare Carnot (1753--1823) On the Defense of Fortified Places 629(8) To Michaud, Commander of the Army of the Rhine 637(1) The Current Campaign on the Northern Frontiers 638(3) Horatio Nelson (1758--1805) The Trafalgar Memorandum 641(2) Duke of Wellington (1769--1852) Two Letters 643(3) Napoleon (1769--1821) Maxims (1) 646(3) Maxims (2) 649(2) Geopolitics (from the memoirs of Las Cases) 651(2) Denis Davydov (1784--1839) On Guerrilla Warfare 653(4) Why Partisan War Suits Russia 657(5) J. F. A. Le Miere de Corvey (1770--1832) On Partisans and Irregular Forces 662(9) Carl von Clausewitz (1780--1831) On the Nature of War 671(53) Henri Jomini (1779--1869) Statesmanship in Its Relation to War 724(12) Strategy 736(4) Strategic Combinations 740(2) Epitome of Strategy 742(2) Thomas Bugeaud (1784--1849) On Pacification 744(3) Shaka (c. 1787--1828) The Zulu Army (from the diary of Henery Francis Fynn) 747(7) Charles Ardant du Picq (1821--1870) Confidence, the Soul of Victory 754(6) William T. Sherman (1820--1891) The March to the Sea 760(7) Helmuth von Moltke (1800--1891) On Strategy 767(3) Friedrich Engels (1820--1895) The Spirit of Resistance 770(4) Erosion by the Waves of Popular Warfare 774(4) War to the Knife 778(4) Friedrich Ratzel (1844--1904) The Spatial Growth of States 782(2) The Sea and Sea-going Peoples 784(3) Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840--1914) Naval Strategy 787(21) Colmar von der Goltz (1843--1916) The Nation in Arms 808(5) Joseph Gallieni (1849--1916) The Conquest of Madagascar 813(3) Alfred Schlieffen (1833--1913) Present-day War 816(3) Charles Callwell (1859--1928) Counterinsurgency 819(2) Halford J. Mackinder (1861--1947) The Geographical Pivot of History 821(4) The Round World and the Winning of the Peace 825(5) Julian Corbett (1854--1922) Strategical Terms and Definitions 830(13) Friedrich von Bernhardi (1849--1930) On War of Today 843(22) Jean Colin (1864--1917) The New Conditions of War 865(3) Ferdinand Foch (1851--1929) Principles of War 868(3) V.I. Lenin (1870--1924) Advice of an Onlooker 871(3) Leon Trotsky (1879--1940) The Armored Train 874(6) T. E. Lawrence (1885--1935) Guerrilla Warfare 880(11) Giulio Douhet (1869--1930) Command of the Air 891(6) William Mitchell (1879--1936) The Aeronautical Era 897(8) Hugh Trenchard (1873--1956) The War Object of an Air Force 905(6) James Connolly (1868--1916) On the Street Fighting 911(3) Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893--1937) Counterinsurgency 914(2) Mounting Threats 916(5) J. F. C. Fuller (1878--1966) Tank Warfare 921(6) Basil Liddell Hart (1895--1970) The Strategy of Indirect Approach 927(5) Raoul Castex (1878--1968) The Significance and Limits of Geography 932(5) Charles de Gaulle (1890--1970) The Army of the Future 937(4) Winston Churchill (1874--1965) ``Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat'' 941(2) Adolf Hitler (1889--1945) War and Colonization in the East 943(2) Proclamation to the German People 945(4) Heinz Guderian (1888--1954) Tank Attack 949(8) Erwin Rommel (1891--1944) Rules Desert Warfare 957(5) Alexander de Seversky (1894--1974) The Challenge to America 962(4) Nicholas Spykmand (1893--1943) Heartland and Rimland 966(8) Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869--1948) The Way of Nonviolence 974(2) Mao Ze-dong (1893--1976) Strategy in China's Revolutionary War 976(15) The Nuclear Era Bernard Brodie (1910--1978) War in the Atomic Age 991(13) Albert Wohlstetter (b. 1912) The Delicate Balance of Terror 1004(9) Thomas C. Schelling (b. 1921) The Diplomacy of Violence 1013(10) Andre Beaufre (1902--1975) Indirect Strategy in the Nuclear Age 1023(18) Henry Kissinger (b. 1923) Defense Policy and Strategy 1041(15) Lucien Poirier (b. 1918) Elements of a Theory of Crisis 1056(9) Pierre M. Gallois (b. 1911) The Social Dimension of Strategy 1065(6) Principal subjects covered 1071