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From Napoleon's groundbreaking campaigns to the way insurgency, terrorism, and nuclear weaponry have defined the nature of warfare in the 21st hundred years, the results of military strategy have changed the course of history. These 24 thought-provoking lectures give you an inside check out both content and historical context of the world's greatest war strategists. From your triremes and hoplites of historic Greece to the Special Forces in 21st-century Afghanistan, strategy is the process by which political objectives are translated into military action - using the means at a nation's removal to compel an adversary to bend to its political will. In this concise and strenuous survey, Professor Wilson introduces: Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War; Sunlight Tzu's famous The Art of War; Machiavelli's strategy for a republic with a citizen-army; Jomini, Clausewitz, and the Napoleonic trend in warfare; the development of naval strategy and the go up of airpower; Mao Tse-tung, David Galula, and Roger Trinquier's reflections on insurgency and counterinsurgency and their influence on the U.S. Army's Field Manual 3-24; Just-war theory, from Thucydides' Melian Dialogue to Operation Iraqi Independence; nuclear conflict, terrorism, and other proper difficulties for the 21st hundred years. You'll come from this program with new perception that will help you to take an informed, active fascination with political and military debates - which ultimately will determine the course of our nation. Disclaimer: The views indicated in this program are those of the professor , nor necessarily reflect the position or plan of the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Division of Security, or the U.S. federal government.
