TY  - BOOK
AU  - Potholm,Christian P.
TI  - Winning at war: seven keys to military victory throughout history 
SN  - 9781442201309
AV  - U104 .P835 2010
U1  - 355.02 22
PY  - 0000///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
KW  - Military art and science
KW  - History
KW  - Case studies
KW  - fast
KW  - Krieg
KW  - swd
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -