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Informationen zum Autor Williamson Murray is Professor Emeritus of History at The Ohio State University. At present he is a defense consultant and commentator on historical and military subjects in Washington, DC. He is co-editor of The Making of Peace (with Jim Lacey); The Past as Prologue (with Richard Hart Sinnreich); The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300–2050 (with MacGregor Knox); Military Innovation in the Interwar Period (with Allan R. Millett); and The Making of Strategy (with Alvin Bernstein and MacGregor Knox). Klappentext Shows how studying military and strategic history can help us confront problems of war and peace in the twenty-first century. "A very valuable book for anyone interested in policy, strategy, history, and winning wars." - A. A. Nofi, StrategyPage Zusammenfassung This collection of articles by Professor Williamson Murray examines the role that history should play in thinking about both the present and the future! proving that the study of military and strategic history can be useful in confronting the daunting problems of war and peace in the twenty-first century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. History and the future; 2. Thucydides and Clausewitz; 3. Clausewitz out, computers in, military culture and technological hubris; 4. Changing the principles of war; 5. Military culture does matter; 6. History and strategic planning, from Rome to 1945; 7. Thoughts on red teaming; 8. The distant framework of war; 9. The problem of German military effectiveness, 1900-45; 10. Reflections on the combined bomber offensive; 11. The air war in the Gulf, the limits of air power; 12. Thoughts on British intelligence in WWII and the implications for intelligence in the twenty-first century; 13. The meaning of World War II.
