Title: Masters of war
First published: 1992
Description: Masters of War is the first comprehensive study based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clausewitz and Sun Tzu, and to a lesser extent, by Jomini and Machiavelli. Brushing stereotypes aside, the author takes a fresh look at what these strategic thinkers actually said - not what they are widely believed to have said.

He finds that despite their apparent differences in terms of time, place, cultural background, and level of material/technological development, all had much more in common than previously supposed. In fact, the central conclusion of this book is that the logic of waging war and of strategic thinking is as universal and timeless as human nature itself.
Subjects: Military art and science, History, Military art and science, early works to 1800, Sunzi, active 6th century b.c., Clausewitz, karl von, 1780-1831, Military art and science, history
People: Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), Antoine Henri Jomini baron de (1779-1869), Sunzi (6th cent. B.C)