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9 reviews
B. H. Liddell Hart

Da Capo Press, 1996

Excellent overview
Hart's "Great Captains Unveiled" is a great read: it is relatively short, not overly long on detail and interesting. The book does not fall into the trap of appeasing armchair generals, meaning that it skips fame in favor of true strategy and leadership. One might expect such a book to focus on Caesar, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Marlborough, Washington or Patton. However, Hart instead ...

Panzer Leader
General Heinz Guderian

Ballantine Books, New York, 1965

Lost Victories: The War Memoirs of Hitler's Most Brilliant General

43 reviews
Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, Anthony G. Powell, ...

Zenith Press, 2004

Must Read for Serious Student of World War II
Lost Victories is an excellent first-person memoir of some of the critical battles of the Second World War. Its primary focus is on the Eastern Front in Russia and the Ukraine; von Manstein speaks some about the attack on France in 1940 and opines on what might have been done with England thereafter, but for the most part, his command was in the East. This is not a starter treatment of the ...

Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon

42 reviews
B. H. Liddell Hart

Da Capo Press, 2004

Innovative Commander.
First, the authors initial premise that the victor does not always get the credit is sadly true. Which dispells many myths revisionists have been spewing for decades. Aspiring leaders could learn much from this and the authors other books. Here he has created a great story outlining the exploits of one of the worlds most underated generals. Dare I say hardly known? Chapters 10 and 11 is where ...

History of the Second World War

12 reviews
B.H. Liddell Hart

Konecky & Konecky, 2007

Liddell Hart's final "I told you so".
Captain Basil Liddell Hart was the most famous military historian of the 20th century. Everything he wrote is worth reading, and this is one of his best. His style is clear, direct, and easy to read. He leaves you in no doubt as to what he thinks. He loves to say "I told you so", and was in a better position than most to exercise that unbecoming character trait. I don't know of any other ...

Real War 1914-1918

6 reviews
Captain B.H. Liddell Hart

Little, Brown and Company, 1963

World War I
This is an excellent history of WWI, giving insight into the causes, the people, and the battles.

The Art of War

279 reviews
Sun Tzu

Oxford University Press, 1971

Immortal
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RSFXZFBSJSJVM This is a magnificent book that tells as much about psychology as it does military strategy.

Strategy: Second Revised Edition (Meridian)

46 reviews
B. H. Liddell Hart

Plume, 1991

Modern Classic
Though I am not sold on Liddell Hart's thesis in this book, it provides such an expansive analysis of historical military accounts that I cannot discount its indelible mark on my future thoughts of military strategy. Clausewitz puts me to sleep, but Liddell Hart kept me awake into the wee hours of the morning. This is recommended to anyone seeking even a minimum knowledge in military strategy. ...

Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American

8 reviews
B. H. Liddell Hart

Da Capo Press, 1993

An Excellent Work
When I first began to read this book I was concerned that it might be outdated. However, I found much of the subject matter to be quite timely. Of particular interest was the impact that Sherman's successful (albeit violent) trek through Georgia had on the 1864 elections. I never realized how close the Copperhead (Peace) Democrats came to winning that election and perhaps bringing the Civil War ...

Lawrence Of Arabia (Da Capo Paperback)

4 reviews
B. H. Liddell Hart

Da Capo Press, 1989

An Insight into Modern War
I strongly recommend this book. Unlike most of the bio related books you can read on Lawrence, this one is dedicated to how he waged war (and written by an expert in warfare). Lawrence's methods were so advanced that they resonate to this day. For example, he developed methods of system disruption that incapactitated a "modern" army and threw an empire into disorder. You can see these methods ...

Panzer Leader (War and Warriors Series)

37 reviews
Heinz Guderian

Noontide Press / Legion for Survival of Freedom, 1988

Valuable Details on WWII Battles: Blitzkrieg 1939 and Warsaw Uprising
I focus on matters not elaborated by the many other reviewers, and this review is based on the original (1952) edition. Guderian claims that the Pomorska Cavalry Brigade charged German tanks with lances, "in ignorance of the nature of our tanks" (p. 72). This contrasts with western accounts, which blame Polish impetuousness and foolhardiness for this supposed act. In actuality, the Polish ...

History of the Second World War
B. H. Liddell Hart

G. P. Putnam, 1970

Real War 1914-1918

6 reviews
Captain B.H. Liddell Hart

Little, Brown and Company, 1963

World War I
This is an excellent history of WWI, giving insight into the causes, the people, and the battles.

The Other Side of the Hill (Pan Grand Strategy)

1 review
B. H. Liddell Hart

Pan Books, 1999

A must book about World War II.
I read this book, translated to portuguese, here in Brazil.It has believes and declarations told by nazi Germany, after World War II.What the military germans, were thinking about his foes? This book is only about military thinking, not about economics at war, political opinions and Holocaust.

THE MEMOIRS OF GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN BY HIMSELF

1 review
B. H.; Sherman, William T. Liddell Hart

Indiana Unive, 1957

For People With Too Much Time On Their Hands
I have despaired of actually finding the edition of Sherman's memoirs which I own in the list of some 342 different versions of Sherman's memoirs which can be purchased through Amazon, perhaps because that edition seems to have been specially issued recently by Barnes & Noble. A few pages in is a copy of Sherman's memoirs which claims to tell the story of his life "down to its closing chapters," ...

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