Britský vojak a vojenský historik, ktorý sa stal popredným teoretikom medzivojnového obdobia. Jeho práca sa zameriava na strategické myslenie a analýzu vojenských konfliktov. Skúma kľúčové princípy vedenia vojny a ich vplyv na priebeh dejín. Jeho pohľady na taktiku a stratégiu formovali vojenské doktríny po celé desaťročia.
This is an account of Germany's generals, their rise and fall and their own accounts of military events from 1939-45, from Guderian's masterly sweep into Poland to the bitter and bloody battles of Rommel in the Western Desert and von Paulus in the Russian snow.
History of the Second World War, B.H. Liddell Hart's last work as well as his magnum opus, embodies the fruits of 20 years of research & a lifetime of thinking on war. It abounds with controversial judgments, including provocative assertions about the true causes behind France's defeat in 1940, Hitler's failed invasion of Russia & Japan's stunning victory at Pearl Harbor; the effectiveness of the Allies' strategic bombing of Germany; the questionable necessity of detonating atom bombs over Hiroshima & Nagasaki; & much more. This monumental history is both a crowning achievement & a final summation by one of the greatest military thinkers of the 20th century.
Nové vydání jedinečné publikace o historii první světové války od významného britského armádního spisovatele. Toto klasické dílo v oboru historie první světové války napsal významný vojenský analytik, nadaný soucítěním a jedinečnou originalitou. Sir Basil Liddell Hart je autorem více než třiceti knih a řady přednášek na téma vojenské strategie a taktiky, čemuž se jako světově uznávaná autorita celý život věnoval. Časopis The Economist o něm napsal: „Nevyniká jen kritickým myšlením, je prorokem příštího vývoje, je to historik velkého formátu.“ Na téměř sedmi stech stranách se dozvíte podrobnosti a analytické komentáře všech událostí, které měly v období první světové války význam, a to se zvláštním důrazem na vojenskou strategii. Publikace je doplněna bohatou obrazovou přílohou a pětapadesáti podrobnými mapami vojenských operací.
Nové vydání jedinečné a vyčerpávající publikace o historii druhé světové války od nejvlivnějšího britského armádního spisovatele. Liddell Hart je považován za „nejvlivnějšího armádního spisovatele Británie“, byl nejen předním vojenským analytikem, ale také jedinečným historikem a spisovatelem, takže jeho obsáhlé dějiny jsou vynikajícím materiálem, jenž zájemcům o tuto problematiku přináší ucelený pohled na dějiny druhé světové války z hlediska vojenského. Rozsah této práce je ojedinělý. Na necelých tisíci stranách se autorovi podařilo vytvořit vynikající dokument pojednávající o vojenských operacích celé druhé světové války. Velmi přehledně po kapitolách analyzuje situaci na jednotlivých frontách a podává ucelený obraz vojenské problematiky tohoto šestiletého období. Tato obsáhlá práce skvěle analyzuje vojenskou strategii a v neposlední řadě rovněž odhaluje mnohé politické aspekty druhé světové války. Kniha je doplněna bohatou obrazovou přílohou a 55 podrobnými mapami vojenských operací.
Liddell Hart's History of the First World War first appeared in 1930 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most cogent accounts of the conflict ever published. A leading military strategist and historian who fought on the Western Front, Liddell Hart combines astute tactical analysis with compassion for those who lost their lives on the battlefield. He provides a vivid and fascinating picture of all the major campaigns, balancing documentary evidence with the testimony of personal witnesses to expose the mistakes that were made and why. From the political and cultural origins of war to the twists and turns of battle, to the critical decisions that resulted in such devastating losses and to the impact on modern nations, this magnificent history covers four brutal years in one volume and is a true military classic.
The first-hand account of a Private in Wellington's Army - vividly portrayed through his own letters. 'Simply marvellous' TES
An essential collection of the wartime writings and diary of World War II German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, edited with commentary by one of the great military theorists of our timeWhen Erwin Rommel died-by forced suicide at Hitler's command-he left behind in various ingenious hiding places the papers that recorded the story of his dramatic career and the exact details of his masterly campaigns. It was his custom to dictate each evening a running narrative of the day's events and, after each battle, to summarize its course and the lessons to be learned from it. He wrote, almost daily, intimate and outspoken letters to his wife in which his private feelings and-after the tide had turned-forebodings found expression. To this is added by Rommel's son Manfred the story of the field marshall's last weeks and the final day when he was given the choice of an honorable suicide or an ignominious trial for treason. An engrossing human document and a rare look at the mind of the "Desert Fox," The Rommel Papers throws an interesting light on the Axis alliance and on the inner workings of Hitler's high command.
Much has been written on the Theory of History by philosophers and historians, but nothing so concise and readable as Liddell Hart's Why Don't We Learn from History; the kind of title that makes one wonder and consider.
Scipio Africanus (236-183 B.C.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in the public memory, due mostly to his daring march through the Alps with his elephants. At the Battle of the Ticinus, Hannibal's initial encounter with Roman arms, young Scipio first tasted warfare, rescuing his dangerously wounded, encircled father, who was also the Roman commander. By nineteen Scipio was the equivalent of a staff colonel and in 210 B.C. he was placed in supreme command. In three years he destroyed Carthaginian power in Spain and, after being made consul, took his forces to Africa, where he conquered Carthage's great ally, Syphax. Two years later he clashed with Hannibal himself, annihilating his army in the decisive Battle of Zama. For this triumph and his other exploits in the Punic Wars, Scipio was awarded the title Africanus.In his fascinating portrait of this extraordinary commander, B. H. Liddell Hart writes, "The age of generalship does not age, and it is because Scipio's battles are richer in stratagems and ruses -- many still feasible today -- than those of any other commander in history that they are an unfailing object lesson." Not only military enthusiasts and historians but all those interested in outstanding men will find this magnificent study absorbing and gripping.
