Fascist and Liberal Visions of War: Fuller, Liddell Hart, Douhet, and Other Modernists [Hardcover]

Azar Gat (Author)

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Publication Date: December 3, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0198207158 | ISBN-13: 978-0198207153

In this ground-breaking study, Dr Azar Gat investigates the fascist background behind the ideas of the leading theorists of mechanized war in the first half of this century. He re-evaluates the contribution of B.Liddell Hart, presenting him as the pioneer of the modern western liberal way in warfare, a man who developed the theory of the tactical `cold war' in the decade before nuclear weapons became a military reality.

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• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (December 3, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198207158
• ISBN-13: 978-0198207153
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,421,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and Breathtaking, March 8, 2001

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This review is from: Fascist and Liberal Visions of War: Fuller, Liddell Hart, Douhet, and Other Modernists (Hardcover)

This book concentrates on the analysis of intellectual growth of particular ideas and styles of thought after the WWI. It is a breathtaking study of the intellectual enviroment of the inter-war years (and not only) and the way it shaped the thinking of strategic thinkers as Fuller, Liddell Hart, Duhet and others. This study clearly shows the connection between the world of ideas, war, their origins and their interaction.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great cultural study of war, February 11, 2002

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This review is from: Fascist and Liberal Visions of War: Fuller, Liddell Hart, Douhet, and Other Modernists (Hardcover)

Fascinating book on the thinkers of modern war. The author made clear
the relationship between Fascism and mechanised war. What is more
importnat is he indicated that the concept of `indirect approach'
of Liddle Hart is the key concept of our age. I felt that the war theory
of Man-in-the-dark is highly related to the bounded rationality
of H.A. Simon.