A History Of Warfare - John Keegan

A History Of Warfare

John Keegand. as Basım Yılı: 1993

1934-2012 Sayfa Sayısı: 432
Balliol College, Oxford
İngiliz askeri tarihçisi, öğretim
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 John Keegan

1976 1987 1988 1989 1995

1998 2002 2003 2004 2009

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* War in Human History

- Interlude: limitations on warmaking
* Stone
- Interlude: fortification
* Flesh
- Interlude: armies
* Iron
- Interlude: logistics and supply
* Fire
* Conclusion

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“War Is Merely the Continuation of Policy by Other Means”

We see, therefore, that war is not merely an act of policy but a true political instrument,
a continuation of political intercourse carried on with other means. What remains
peculiar to war is simply the peculiar nature of its means.

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Clausewitz’s Categories of
War
ABSOLUTE REAL
(IDEAL) (LIMITED)
WAR WAR
Dystopia

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“War is always an expression of culture”

WESTERN EASTERN

* face-to-face * evasion
* delay
* indirectness
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“Politics must continue; war cannot”