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FOUNDATIONS OF MILITARY THEORY
SAASS 600
25 July 2022 - 19 August 2022
"This course is indeed a foundational one for the future strategist as it asks and allows you to think through the answers to the following questions:
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Internet Resources
Listed below is on-line information about books and their authors used in this course.
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.
Seminar One:
Ralph D. Sawyer Biography
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China Review
Seminar Two:
Beatrice Heuser Biography
"Christine de Pizan, the First Modern Strategist" (Book chapter from "Strategy Before Clausewitz: Linking Warfare and Statecraft, 1400-1830")
Christine de Pizan Biography
The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry Review
Hugo Grotius Biography
Hugo Grotius on the Law of War and Peace Description
Seminar Three and Seminar Four:
Clausewitz
Clausewitz Homepage
A Wake for Clausewitz: Toward a Philosophy of 21st-Century Warfare
Part of Clausewitz Homepage
Seminar Five:
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
John Shy Obituary
Jomini (Chapter from: Makers of Modern Strategy: From Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age)
Mark Erbel Biography
Christopher Kinsey Biography
Think Again - Supplying War: Reappraising Military Logistics and Centrality to Strategy and War (Article)
Seminar Six:
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
Seminar Seven:
Julian S. Corbett Biography
Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Description
Seminar Eight:
Giulio Douhet (from Encyclopedia.com)
The Command of the Air by Giulio Douhet: A Military Times Classic
Article in Military History Matters
Seminar Nine:
John Slessor Biography 1 Biography 2
Air Power and Armies Review
Seminar Ten:
Sir Basil Henry Liddell-Hart (from the International Encyclopedia of the First World War)
Strategy
Seminar Eleven:
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
Brian Holden Reid
"Young Turks, or Not So Young?": The Frustrated Quest of Major General J.F.C. Fuller and Captain B.H. Liddell Hart (Journal Article)
Seminar Twelve:
Colin Gray Article (Obituary)
The Strategy Bridge: Theory for Practice Review (Scroll down to pg 1489)
Seminar Thirteen:
Fred Charles Ikle Article (Obituary)
Every War Must End Review Publisher Description Book Discussion (C-Span Video)
National Security Archive
Afghanistan 20/20: The 20 Year War in 20 Documents
Seminar Fourteen:
Timothy L. Thomas Biography (Scroll down to pg. 187)
Russian Military Thought: Concepts and Elements
Seminar Fifteen:
Xiao Tianliang
The Science of Strategy
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