The Making of Strategy
Subtitle: Rulers, States, and War
Contributors: Williamson Murray (Editor); Alvin Bernstein (Editor); MacGregor Knox (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 28, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 704
ISBN-13: 9780521453899
Subjects: Defence strategy, planning & research; World history; Military - General; National Security Issues; History; History - Military / War; World - General; History: World; Strategy; Military Science; History / World; Strategy--Case studies; Case studies
First sentence: In the last quarter of the fifth century B.C. (431-404) the Athenians and their allies fought a terrible and devastating war, at first against the Spartans and their allies, chiefly from the Peloponnesus, but ultimately also against many of their own rebellious allies and the almost unlimited financial resources of the Persian Empire of the Achaemenids as well.