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FOUNDATIONS OF MILITARY THEORY
SAASS 600
26 July 2021 - 20 August 2021
"This course consists of fifteen seminars divided into three conceptual groupings: general theory, specific theory, and strategy."
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Internet Resources
Listed below is on-line information about books and their authors used in this course. Some links may only be available on-base at Air University.
Fairchild Center Bibliographies:
Great Warrior Leaders/Thinkers
Links to Air University Library resources and Internet information on twenty-four military leaders, including: Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, Jomini, Fuller, Liddell Hart, Mahan, Corbett, Douhet.
Other Internet Resources:
Clausewitz
Clausewitz Homepage
A Wake for Clausewitz: Toward a Philosophy of 21st-Century Warfare
Part of Clausewitz Homepage
Harold Winton
An Imperfect Jewel: Military Theory and the Military Profession (Article)
Sun Tzu
Sun Zi
from the New World Encyclopedia
Peter Paret Biography
Gordon Alexander Craig In Memoriam
Felix Gilbert Obituary
Makers of Modern Strategy: From Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age Review 1 Review 2
Jomini
Antoine Henri Jomini
from Encyclopedia.com
The Influence of Clausewitz on Jomini's Précis de l'Art de la Guerre
MA Dissertation, King's College London by Christoph M. V. Abegglen
Mahan
Mahan's Classical View and the Profession of Arms (scroll down to pg. 104)
by Donald D. Chipman
Alfred Thayer Mahan (from Encyclopedia.com)
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 Review
Corbett
Corbett, Clausewitz, and Sun Tzu (click on "download")
Article by Michael I. Handel
Julian S. Corbett Biography
Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Description Article
Sea Power Theorists
Chapter from Christopher Bassford's book: Clausewitz in English: The Reception of Clausewitz in Britain
and America
Giulio Douhet
Giulio Douhet
from Encyclopedia.com
The Command of the Air by Giulio Douhet: A Military Times Classic
Article in Military History Matters
John Slessor Biography 1 Biography 2
Air Power and Armies Review
Liddell Hart
Sir Basil Henry Liddell-Hart
from the International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Michael Eliot Howard Biography 1 Biography 2
War in European History Review
Fuller
J.F.C. Fuller and Basil Liddell Hart
Chapter 15 - Clausewitz, by Christopher Bassford (Clausewitz Homepage)
J.F.C. Fuller Biography
The Foundations of the Science of War
Theory from Practice: Major General J.F.C. Fuller
Article from History Today by Brian Holden Reid.
Everett Dolman Biography
Pure Strategy: Power and Principle in the Space and Information Age Review
Colin Gray Article (Obituary)
The Strategy Bridge: Theory for Practice Review (Scroll down to pg. 1489)
Timothy L. Thomas Biography (Scroll down to pg. 187)
Russian Military Thought: Concepts and Elements
Xiao Tianliang
The Science of Strategy
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