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From: jawebb@hydra.unm.edu (James Webb)
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Subject: Re: Need recommendation for book on history of military strategy
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Date: 10 Apr 90 16:48:41 GMT
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From: jawebb@hydra.unm.edu (James Webb)
In article <15327@cbnews.ATT.COM> bwood%janus.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Blake Philip Wood) writes:
>Can anyone recommend a good book on the history of military strategy
>and tactics?  I'm particularly interested in the effect of new
>technology on battlefield tactics.  I don't plan an extended study
>of this subject, so a 500 page textbook WOULD NOT be appropriate.
>I'm just looking for something short (ie. < 200 pages) and interesting  
>which will give me an overview.

	Strategy by B.H. Liddel Hart is one of the "classiscs" on ancient and 
modern strategy. It isn't fully up to date on new technology and the current
world situation. Sun Tzus "Art of War" is another good book.

	Both books are fairly easy reading. 


							James