Winning at war : seven keys to military victory throughout history /
Potholm, Christian P., 1940-
Winning at war : seven keys to military victory throughout history / Christian P. Potholm. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, - xv, 281 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The template of Mars -- Superior weapons and technology entrepreneurship -- Superior discipline -- Sustained but controlled ruthlessness -- Receptivity to military and integrative innovation -- The ability and willingness to protect capital from people and rulers -- The centrality of superior will -- The belief there will always be another war -- Applying the template : a battle -- Applying the template : a war.
"Drawing on forty years of studying and teaching war, political scientist Christian P. Potholm presents a 'template of Mars' -- seven variables that have served as predictors of military success over time and across cultures. In Winning at war, Potholm explains these variables -- technology, sustained ruthlessness, discipline, receptivity to innovation, protection of military capital from civilians and rulers, will, and the belief that there will always be another war -- and provides case studies of their implementation, from ancient battles to today'"--Jacket.
9781442201309 1442201304 9781442201323 1442201320
2009029750
Geschichte
Military art and science--History.
Military art and science--Case studies.
Military art and science.
Krieg.
Case studies.
History.
Case studies.
U104 / .P835 2010
355.02
Winning at war : seven keys to military victory throughout history / Christian P. Potholm. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, - xv, 281 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The template of Mars -- Superior weapons and technology entrepreneurship -- Superior discipline -- Sustained but controlled ruthlessness -- Receptivity to military and integrative innovation -- The ability and willingness to protect capital from people and rulers -- The centrality of superior will -- The belief there will always be another war -- Applying the template : a battle -- Applying the template : a war.
"Drawing on forty years of studying and teaching war, political scientist Christian P. Potholm presents a 'template of Mars' -- seven variables that have served as predictors of military success over time and across cultures. In Winning at war, Potholm explains these variables -- technology, sustained ruthlessness, discipline, receptivity to innovation, protection of military capital from civilians and rulers, will, and the belief that there will always be another war -- and provides case studies of their implementation, from ancient battles to today'"--Jacket.
9781442201309 1442201304 9781442201323 1442201320
2009029750
Geschichte
Military art and science--History.
Military art and science--Case studies.
Military art and science.
Krieg.
Case studies.
History.
Case studies.
U104 / .P835 2010
355.02