Author:
Willmott, H. P.
Imprint:Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger Security International, 2010.
Descriptionx, 236 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Book I On Clausewitz and Vom Kriege -- Chapter 1 The Clausewitzian Context: The Modern Era -- Chapter 2 The Clausewitzian Context: War and the Westphalian System -- Chapter 3 The Clausewitzian Context: War and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars -- Chapter 4 The Clausewitzian Context: An Aside -- Book II War and Wars since Clausewitz: Total War and Systems -- Chapter 1 From Total War to Total War: 1815-1918 -- Chapter 2 From Total War to Total War: 1931-1975 -- Chapter 3 When Real Hatreds Were Suspended: The Cold War, 1945-1989 -- Book III War and Wars since Clausewitz: Naval and Air Power -- Chapter 1 Mahan and Corbett Reconsidered: 1890-2003 -- Chapter 2 Air Power and Two World Wars -- Chapter 3 Douhet Reconsidered: (1) Inside-Out Warfare and 1991 -- Chapter 4 Douhet Reconsidered: (2) Doctrine and the Kosovo Campaign, 1999 -- Book IV War and Wars since the End of the Cold War -- Chapter 1 The End of the Cold War -- Chapter 2 The Developing Countries and the Re-emergence of Other Wars -- Book V On the Nature and Conduct of War -- Chapter 1 The Nature of War, the Conduct of War, and Basic Definitions -- Chapter 2 To the Present Time: The Offensive and Defensive and the Vernichtungsschlacht -- Chapter 3 The Illusion of Certainty -- Chapter 4 The Approach of Absolute War -- Book VI Conclusion -- Chapter 1 To the Gods Belongs Tomorrow.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
