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'General Fuller's Military History, seen as a whole, is a magnificent survey of the evolution of western military organization, tactics, and strategy from the earliest times; and perhaps it outstanding feature is the fact that this evolution is always seen within the context of political and social history, the author being careful demonstrates the reciprocal relationship which exists between military establishments on the one hand and civilization societies which support them on the other.' -Gordon Craig.
About the author
Major General J. F. C. Fuller (1878-1966) was one of the most important and original military thinkers of this century. He served as lieutenant in the Boer War, organized the first British tank corps in World War I, and developed the strategy and tactics of tank warfare which were later put to such effective use by the Nazis for their World War II blitzkriegs. His many books include A Military History of the Western World (3 volumes), The Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant, Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, and Tyrant, and The Generalship of Alexander the Great, all of which are available from Da Capo Press.
Summary
Major General J. F. C. Fuller, a pioneer of mechanized warfare in Great
Britain, was one of this century's most renowned military strategists
and historians. In this magisterial work he spans military history from
the Greeks to the end of World War II, describing tactics, battle
lines, the day-to-day struggles while always relating affairs on the
field to the larger questions of social, political, and economic change
in Western civilization. A masterpiece of scholarship and biting
prose, these volumes are available for the first time in a handsome
trade paperback edition. This third volume outlines the age of industrialism and the rise of American imperialism, the Civil War, expansionist policies of Japan and Russia, and World Wars I and II, offering fresh insights into the relationship between military history and social change.
