What are some good books that teach military strategy?
What are some good books that teach military strategy?
Matthew Collins
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Wyatt Peterson
On War, by Clausewitz
Carson Hughes
This. Afterwards read Transformation of War by Van Creveld
History of the Peloponnesian War is usually recommended as well
Landon Moore
Is that book a meme?
Jack Johnson
FPBP
Nicholas Anderson
no, its really good it just won't make you wittier than you already are or any wiser
Henry Price
it's meant to be read by brainlet Chad's when they go to the bookstore with their harry-potter-fan girlfriends to make them feel powerful and manly
so yes, it's a meme
Adrian Walker
>Fuck Confucius
It's a sunzi thread, not a Kongzi thread
But sure, keep going with westdabest
Samuel Jones
Only if you have pretty basic strategic capability, but even so it touches on a few things most armchair generals never consider--namely supply lines and campaigning morale
Lucas Thomas
i read Art of War a few years ago and it was kinda weird to understand with the translation shit. But its a start, maybe try books about wars instead of instructional ones
David Rivera
He's more of a Chuangtzu fag, imo he's ok.
Hunter Flores
Well if you are thinking that you are going to become a general for reading a book, or if you are one of those absolute retards that has a plan of world domination, no book can educate retards.
Sun Tzu was sitting in his fucking room writing a book because he wanted white people he didn't even know would exist to feel manly. Surely. Do those galloping abs make you feel insecure user? It's gonna be ok.
>Only if you have pretty basic strategic capability
I'm sure that your own capability gets you very high on a lot of leader boards. You're probably really good at PUBG from all that strategic capability. Hannibal, Sitting Bull, Patton, Boudica and all the rest of them have just decided to shut their fucking mouths about all of their exploits when they watch you use Ryze to mid. Who the fuck am I kidding, your K/d is probably like triple anyone else's on this board bro.
Brody Smith
It features strategic gems such as 'make sure you have more soldiers than the opposing force' and 'marching makes your soldiers tired'.
Oliver Gonzalez
Please name something you like so I can pretend that the shitty things about it are the only things about it.
Evan Gutierrez
>Art of War
As all ancient Chinese texts it looses a lot of its meaning when translated and left without excessive footnotes.
Another question is what you want from the book.
Its been thousands of years since it was written and war is completely different from then. Stretching the idioms from then over the circumstances today is rather useless. If you want the ins and outs of practical warfare then there are better texts.
Its a meme at this point where managers read it and feel mighty and strong by using quotes completely out of context.
Von Clausewitz is considered the Western equivalent while also being a lot more recent and for that reason a lot more accessible.
But again its rather old and pretty much obsolete in todays time.
There are books that go through military strategies throughout the millennia. This is probably a good start. I have Den Krieg denken by Beatrice Heuser.
Some U.S generals probably also have written some good pieces. Look there.
Grayson Williams
Now this is a good critique.
Kevin Young
>Boadicea
>high strategic capability
Ryan Bell
The book of the Five Rings is good, it's more psychology of conflict like Art of War than tactics and practicality
Oliver Brown
this is more general than just military strategy, but very good
Jayden Allen
Quote mining can do wonders.
Carter Hall
Zizek
Chase Clark
This book is shit.
I actually recommend a modern to ancient timeline.
Science, Strategy and War: The theories of John Boyd
Strategy - Luttwak
Strategy - Liddell Hart
Infantry Attacks - Rommel
Revolutionary Guerilla Warfare - Mao
Mahan
Jomini
Clausewitz
Byzantine --> Roman/Sunzi
Noah Perry
You're shit
Isaac Brooks
As an ROTC fag I appreciate it.
Hudson Nelson
american field manuals
Jose Thomas
>ROTC
emphasis on fag, then. if you really want to prepare for a life in the military, don't read sun tzu tell you "attack when the enemy isn't prepared lol" read some actual modern military doctrine.