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From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim)
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Subject: Re: Military Books
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Date: 17 May 91 16:52:52 GMT
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From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim)


video@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Henry J. Cobb) writes:
>B. H. Liddell Hart's "Strategy" (The indirect approach) came out in 
>paperback in 1967.
>
>SIGNET 0-451-14326-4 $4.95

I do not agree with everyone's recommendation of this book. While Hart
is rightly praised for being an early advocate of modern mechanized
warfare, I find this particular book to be not very interesting. IMHO,
his idea of the "indirect approach" is only vaguely defined and not
well thought out. He does little to substantiate his claims or to
truly distinguish it from other similar concepts. 

On the other hand, I am not a world famous military theorist (yet :-)
so what do I know ...

	[Although I strongly disagree with you I thought I'd
	 put this in in the interests of equal time.  --CDR]

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