Command in War

Martin Van Creveld

ISBN 10: 0674144406 / ISBN 13: 9780674144408

Published by Harvard University Press December 1985, 1985

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Command in War
• Publisher: Harvard University Press December 1985
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674144406
• ISBN 13: 9780674144408
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used
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Synopsis

Many books have been written about strategy, tactics, and great commanders. This is the first book to deal exclusively with the nature of command itself, and to trace its development over two thousand years from ancient Greece to Vietnam.

About the Author

Martin van Creveld was born in the Netherlands in 1946 and has lived in Israel from 1950. Having studied in Jerusalem and London, since 1971 he has been on the faculty of the History Department, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. A specialist in military history and strategy, he is the author of 20 books, including "The Land of Blood and Honey" and "Defending Israel", and has appeared regularly on CBS, CNN and the BBC.