books by Martin Van Creveld     books:       The Sword and the Olive: A Critical History of the Israeli Defense Force14 reviews Martin Van Creveld PublicAffairs, 2002 By Jerusalem-based military expert Martin van Creveld Written by Jerusalem-based military expert Martin van Creveld (the only non-American author on the U.S. Army's required reading list for officers), The Sword And The Olive: A Critical History Of The Israeli Defense Force is a straightforward accounting of the history of Israel's army, beginning with its origins in the early 1900's when Jews fleeing Russian pogroms banded together for defense ...             The Changing Face of War: Lessons of Combat, from the Marne to Iraq13 reviews Martin Van Creveld Presidio Press, 2007 The Changing Face of War, Lessons of Combat from Marne to Iraq Presents a concise summary of tactics, strategies, weapons, and personnel employed by various countries and groups to fight conflicts around the world over the past 300 years or so. Well written, easily understandable, and comes across as very objective, although not diplomatic in judging past or current effectiveness of various militaries and governments. This should be must reading for every ...             Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton22 reviews Martin van Creveld Cambridge University Press, 2004 spot on - for european conflicts I think the critisisms of this book are unfair that they fail the accept that his study is focused entirely on Europe. This in itself may be a reason for dissapointment, but only because we would like to hear what he has to say about the American Civil War and other major wars of the past 400 years - including naval logistics. I would be very happy to see such a book, and do not fault him for not ...             The Rise and Decline of the State7 reviews Martin van Creveld Cambridge University Press, 1999 Historical Pessimism Absent Recommendations for Change Anything Martin van Crevald writes is a five, and this book, although over-priced (...), is as as good as history can get. His notes are world-class, including a highly relevant note in the final chapter, to wit, that according to Soviet General Lebed's 1997 public statement that, "out of 100 suitcase-sized nuclear bombs manufactured for the Soviet Union's special forces, two-thirds could no ...             Command in War9 reviews Martin van Creveld Harvard University Press, 1987 A Commanding Read! I first heard about this book during lectures on military leadership. When I finally got around to buying it and started reading it, I could not put this book down. It thoroughly engrossed me in the subject of command under wartime conditions. Although the book uses examples from purely the land warfare aspect, it is easy to see how the concept of command can and ultimately does encompass all ...             The Transformation of War: The Most Radical Reinterpretation of Armed Conflict Since Clausewitz16 reviews Martin Van Creveld Free Press, 1991 Amazing!!! When I finished reading this book I could hardly believe that a writer could prophesize the future war events in such a clear way. Van Creveld's thesis is that war as we know it in the last 3,5 centuries (waged between states and organized armies) has reached its end and is now in a process of radical tramsformation. Analyzing many examples from the military history he suggests that we are ...             The Art of War (Smithsonian History of Warfare): War and Military Thought (Smithsonian History of Warfare)12 reviews Martin Van Creveld Collins, 2005 VERY GOOD INTRODUCTION This book by Van Creveld might disappoint his hard core followers. But not me, or the general public, to the broader audience for which it was intended. So here we have a very good description of the evolution of military theory and strategy. The basic outline of chinese military thought, of Onasander, Frontinus, Asclepiodotus and others from antiquity util the middle ages, puts things in ...             The Culture of War Martin Van Creveld Presidio Press, 2008 A respected scholar of military history and an expert on strategy, Martin van Creveld recently explored the modern world?s shifting method of combat in The Changing Face of War. Now, in The Culture of War, he argues that there is much more to war than just soldiers killing one another for whatever reason. War has always been a topic of deep intrigue. Fighting itself can be a source of great, perhaps even the greatest, joy; out of this joy and ...             Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present2 reviews Martin van Creveld Touchstone, 1991 Half Cocked It has been suggested that several professional historians could live a comfortable and durable professional life working only on correcting the historical mistakes foisted upon the public by Martin Van Creveld. While I personally believe that this is a mild overstatement of the facts, I understand the reasoning behind the sentiment. However, it is perhaps unwise to criticise Van Creveld too ...             Fighting Power: German and U.S. Army Performance, 1939-1945 (Contributions in Military Studies)2 reviews Martin van Creveld Praeger Paperback, 2007 Excellent reference material on quality versus quantity This is a pretty expensive book but its well worth reading and owning if you are a serious student of World War II. To a serious student, its a well known fact that the quality of the German army was much higher then our's. We had quantity in terms of material while they had quality in terms of men. Much of this had a lot to do with difference of training, troop assignments and relationship ...             Nuclear Proliferation and the Future of Conflict Martin Van Creveld Free Pr, 1993 Instead of fearing a nuclear war between two superpowers, the world now watches smaller conflicts warily, concerned that frustration or bitterness may lead to last resort measures. In this book, Martin Van Creveld addresses the question: Will fear and respect for nuclear weapons be sufficient to prevent their use despite the implacable hatred that characterizes many ancient regional rivalries?             Hitler's Strategy 1940-1941: The Balkan Clue (LSE Monographs in International Studies)1 review Martin L. van Creveld Cambridge University Press, 2008 A treasure for the specialists This is certainly not a book for beginners in World War II history, but rather an academic study of the military and diplomatic preparations of Hitler's Germany, before the Balkans campaign of 1941. The author goes in great depth analysing the strategic situation in Europe in the end of 1940 and details the complex diplomatic maneuvers that Hitler made in order to finish the war against Britain ...             MOSHE DAYAN (Great Commanders)4 reviews Martin Van Creveld Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2004 Amazing Bio about an Amaziing Man Martin Van Creveld's biography of Moshe Dyan is unlike any military biography I have read. The author is, in my opinion, the best military historian ever. Van Creveld's writing is clear, precise, and very blunt to the point. In addition, his work is very thought provoking. Unlike other biographies, which tend to paint the subject as larger than life heroes, van Creveld paints the life of ...             The Changing Face of War: Combat from the Marne to Iraq Martin Van Creveld Presidio Press, 2008 One of the most influential experts on military history and strategy has now written his magnum opus, an original and provocative account of the past hundred years of global conflict. The Changing Face of War is the book that reveals the path that led to the impasse in Iraq, why powerful standing armies are now helpless against ill-equipped insurgents, and how the security of sovereign nations may be maintained in the future. While paying close ...             Air Power and Maneuver Warfare2 reviews Martin L. Van Creveld, Steven L. Canby, ... University Press of the Pacific, 2002 Superb read for military, history, or business strategists! Blargh! That was the sound of my brain spewing out all the garbage thoughts I had about strategy before I read this book. Dr. van Creveld, et. al., provide a remarkable (and concise) analysis of manuever warfare and the coexistent application of airpower. You're missing the boat if you think this book is Stewart Smalley self-motivational testimony for the "Zoomies" (Air Force). This book ...             Men, Women & War: Do Women Belong in the Front Line?1 review Martin van Creveld Cassell, 2002 Interesting and informative but uneven and lacking passion You can often tell the value of a work by the enemies that an author has made. This book, which opposes women in military combat, written by Martin Van Creveld, is readily compared with Brian Mitchell's similar work. Van Creveld acknowledges his debt to Mitchell. But Mitchell's work is written with the passion of an activist and of an ex-soldier, and Van Creveld's work is written with the ...             Defending Israel: A Strategic Plan for Peace and Security5 reviews Martin van Creveld St. Martin's Griffin, 2005 Can good fences make viable neighbors? Guerillas, so long as they do not lose, win. This observation by Henry Kissinger--quoted by van Creveld in the same chapter where he recommends the wall--forms the backbone of the book: How does a small country with no strategic depth succeed where Kissinger and the United States failed? For the United States, loss in Vietnam was traumatic but not fatal. For Israel, with its tiny population, ...              search for books 1939-1945, 1940-1941, changing, clausewitz, commanders, conflict, contributions, critical, defending, defense, fighting, history, international, logistics, maneuver, military, monographs, performance, present, proliferation, reinterpretation, security, smithsonian, strategic, strategy, supplying, technology, thought, transformation, wallenstein books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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