Which work belongs to the ancient foreign works of military thought

1. A Treatise on Strategy, (British) Liddell Hart.

The Treatise on Strategy has a high status in the study of Western war history, and is a must-read for military theory. Because of this book, Reid Hart was regarded as the "Pope of Military Theory" in the West.

In A Theory of Strategy, Reid-Hart, with his profound knowledge of military theory and history of war, analyzed 30 wars and more than 280 battles in world history from the Hippocratic War to the Second World War, and came to the conclusion that the indirect route strategy is the most effective and economical form of strategy.

The route that seems the furthest and most crooked is often the real "shortcut". In any competition, the only way to win is to beat your opponent. And the most effective way to weaken an opponent's resistance, before overcoming it, is to draw him out of his own defenses.

This is the essence of the indirect route strategy. Therefore, "indirect route" is not only a law of war, but also a philosophical truth, which is widely used in all aspects of human life, such as political and economic activities, in addition to war.

2. The Expedition of Alexander, (Ancient Greece) Arrian.

"Alexander's Expedition," by the Roman-era Greek historian Arrian, Alexander's Expedition is a description of Alexander the Great's eastern campaign.

The main historical references come from the records made by Aristobulus, Alexander's historian next to Alexander, and the memoirs of Ptolemy I, an important general and successor, which are considered to have a high degree of credibility. The final volume of the work is an introduction to the Indian continent.

In the course of its account of Alexander's military career, the book gives a detailed description of his strategic thinking, the art of command, the tactics of deployment, as well as his leadership, charging into battle and compassionate concern for his generals.

Arian used a large part of the account of Alexander according to the objective situation to make a judgment, determination, flexible use of tactics for different situations, to their own strengths against the enemy's shortcomings.

Timely change of battle formation, infantry, cavalry, play the Macedonian square advantage, as well as in the setback in time to change the method of battle to win the final victory of the art of combat command.

3. The Battle of Gaul, (Ancient Rome) Julius Caesar.

The Battle of Gaul (Latin: Commentarii de Bello Gallico), an accompanying account by Julius Caesar describing the events that befell him when he was governor of the province of Gaul from the previous 58 to the previous 50 years.

Since Caesar was the first general to march into the Germanic and other regions during the Roman **** and state period. In military terms, the Battle of Gaul is the only detailed account of an ancient war as a field commander, and his account trumps other ancient accounts.

The Book of Gallic Wars also provides a systematic account of the political, social, and customary aspects of Gaul and Germania during the Roman period, from the gradual dissolution of clan societies to the emergence of budding states, which has become an important basis for the study of primitive societies and ethnology in later generations.

Engels, in his works "the origin of the family, private ownership and the state", "Malk", "on the ancient history of the Germanic people", the book as an important reference document.

4, History of the Peloponnesian War, (Ancient Greece) Thucydides.

This book is an account of the Peloponnesian War between the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta in ancient Greece, and the Tyrol League, led by Athens, by Thucydides, an Athenian general who served in the war.

This book applied to the study of history the spirit of truth-seeking and the logical methodology of the Greek philosophers of the time, and set an example for the codification of history in later times.

Subsequent (Western-oriented) researchers, based on the study of this concept and related history, have extended it to mean - "the irreconcilable contradiction between the established powers and the emerging powers".

The concept has its roots in Thucydides' famous quote "What made war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta".

What made war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta, which was later named the Thucydides' Trap.

The specific example cited is that of a hot war (World War II) between the United States as the representative of the established powers and Germany, the Soviet Union, and Japan as the representatives of the emerging powers of the twentieth century, in that order.

The Cold War, or the combination of military occupation and economic compromise (the "Plaza Accord"), was intended to confirm that a rising power was bound to challenge the existing powers, and the existing powers were bound to respond to the threat, so that war became inevitable.

5. On War, (Prussian) Carl von Clausewitz.

This book is a work of military theory by Carl von Clausewitz.

Clausewitz was one of the most capable aides to General Gerhard von Scharnhorst, the original founder of the German army staff, and fought in the wars of the Anti-French Alliance.

The Treatise on War is a work of military theory written by him summarizing all the major battles he had experienced.

In the book, Clausewitz put forward the famous "war is the continuation of politics" viewpoint, as well as the attack is the best defense and other basic ideas of Western military theory.

Therefore, On War is regarded as a classic of Western military theory, and Clausewitz himself has become the originator of Western military theory.

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