Evaluating the Masters of Strategy: A Comparative Analysis of Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Mahan, and Corbett

dc.contributor.author	Fitzsimmons, Scott
dc.contributor.editor	Fitzsimmons, Scott
dc.contributor.editor	McDougall, Alex
dc.date.accessioned	2020-12-18T19:50:23Z
dc.date.available	2020-12-18T19:50:23Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.description.abstract	This paper provides a brief overview of major inter-theoretical relationships between the works of Carl von Calusewitz, Sun Tzu, Alfred Mahan, and Julian Corbett. Specifically, it undertakes a comparative analysis of these authors’ writings on the nature of war; the use of theory in the study of warfare; the primacy of politics; limited and absolute war; the principle of decisive battle; the principle of concentration; the role of the people in war; friction, uncertainty, and the means to overcome these problems; and the offence and defence in war.
dc.identifier.issn	1480-6339
dc.identifier.issn	1480-6378
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/112877
dc.identifier.uri	https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38472
dc.publisher.department	Political Science
dc.publisher.faculty	Arts
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary
dc.rights	© Innovations: A Journal of Politics 1998-2040
dc.title	Evaluating the Masters of Strategy: A Comparative Analysis of Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Mahan, and Corbett
dc.type	journal article