Customer Review: Sawyer knows his subject. He is a master of Chinese warfare and culture. He even teaches you how to pronounce some common Chinese words that we in the west always mispronounce. The book is great. It covers a lot --- not just The Art of War, though that's included. It is a complete study of the... more info
Customer Review: This Book earns my respect as well. There is so much knowledge that I can learn from (although sometimes the writing style can be rather dry and lacks some form of "action" to excite me). I will be getting hold of the other volumes as well.
Steven Lim (RSTN)
Customer Review: Hans Kirst's officers and officer candidates are chillingly ordinary guys at an officers' training school near the end of World War II. The training officers go through the motions of readying potential officers as fodder for the war effort. The training officers are quite a mix: some have enormous... more info
Customer Review: The only trouble with writing a book on the errors made in WW II, is deciding which ones to throw out. The amazing thing is that after all was over, we won. The book is well organized and tries to apply some structure to the errors, but it could easily be twice its size. For instance where is... more info
Customer Review: Absolutely delightful! One of the greatest joys is inclusion of "Reveries" by Marshall Maurice de Saxe with his comments on commissariat, clothing, training, and organization of armies - for his period revolutionary, and, as principles, relevant even today. Vegetius will be, for many, a discovery,... more info
Customer Review: The roots of strategy books have been an invaluble asset in my study of military strategy. The priciples set forth in Von leebs book should be read and if not implemented, certainly used as a spring board for further deliberatiion and study. I would strongly encourage the student of warfare to... more info
Customer Review: Strawson draws the broad conflict between the Axis and Allies in North Africa in World War II. This is a British perspective of the conflict, since the contributions of the Americans and Free French were only briefly mentioned. Also given low priority were the Italians. Therefore you get an... more info
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