Military thoughts of major western powers, including representative works and thinkers?

The thoughts of major western countries on military emblem are mainly three works: On War, Sea Power and Air Power.

1，TheTheoryonWar:

The author of this book is CarlVonClausewitz, a Prussian (now Germany) military thinker.

The book On War is regarded as a classic of modern western military theory, which has played an important role in the formation and development of modern western military thought, and is regarded as one of the 100 books that have influenced the historical process. Karl von Clausewitz himself is regarded as the originator of modern western military theory, because he wrote this book "On War".

In this book, karl von Clausewitz reveals the subordinate nature of war to politics, points out the role of human factors, especially spiritual strength, expounds the historical trend of the transformation from the nature of war to the people's war, discusses the dialectical relationship between strategy and tactics, attack and defense, and the purpose and means of war, and puts forward the theory of concentrating superior forces to destroy the enemy.

2. The influence of rising sea power on history:1660-1783;

The author of this book is AlfredThayerMahan, an American military theorist.

Sea power theory is considered as the basis of modern sea power theory. Worldwide, the United States, Japan, Germany and the former Soviet Union all regard it as the direction guide for formulating national development strategies.

Alfred thayer mahan's book quotes the fact that Britain gained maritime hegemony in the Napoleonic Wars, proving that to develop maritime power, it is necessary to control the ocean with a powerful navy in order to master maritime power.

At present, China is in the transitional stage from land to sea, so at this stage, the book Sea Power and the ideas expounded in it are worth learning and learning from.

3. Command:

The author of this book is Italian general Giulio Douhet.

Giulio Douhet, the author of Air supremacy, is an influential military theorist after World War I, and occupies an important position in the academic history of the world air force. He first systematically expounded the idea of building and using the air force and founded the theory of air superiority, so he was called "the father of strategic air force".