Masters of War: History's Greatest Strategic Thinkers

<p>Take an inside look at both the content and historical context of the world’s greatest war strategists, guided by a member of the elite U.S. Naval War College. You’ll gain a new appreciation for the subtleties and complexities of strategy, in war and otherwise.</p>

Syllabus

01: Why Strategy Matters
02: Thucydides on Strategy
03: Thucydides as a Possession for All Time
04: Sun Tzu's The Art of War
05: Sun Tzu through Time
06: Machiavelli's The Art of War
07: Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy
08: The Napoleonic Revolution in War
09: Baron Jomini as a Strategist
10: Clausewitz's On War
11: Jomini and Clausewitz through the Ages
12: From Sail to Steam-The Sea-Power Revolution
13: Alfred Thayer Mahan
14: Sir Julian Corbett
15: Mahan, Corbett, and the Pacific War
16: Air Power in Theory and Practice
17: From Rolling Thunder to Instant Thunder
18: Nuclear Strategy
19: Mao Tse-tung in Theory and Practice
20: Classics of Counterinsurgency
21: Just-War Theory
22: Terrorism as Strategy
23: Strategies of Counterterrorism
24: From the Jaws of Defeat-Strategic Adaptation
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Taught by

Andrew R. Wilson

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