Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments ix
Book I On Clausewitz and Vom Kriege 1
Chapter 1 The Clausewitzian Context: The Modern Era 3
Chapter 2 The Clausewitzian Context: War and the Westphalian System 13
Chapter 3 The Clausewitzian Context: War and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 23
Chapter 4 The Clausewitzian Context: An Aside 35
Book II War and Wars since Clausewitz: Total War and Systems 37
Chapter 1 From Total War to Total War: 1815-1918 39
Chapter 2 From Total War to Total War: 1931-1975 51
Chapter 3 When Real Hatreds Were Suspended: The Cold War, 1945-1989 65
Book III War and Wars since Clausewitz: Naval And Air Power 77
Chapter 1 Mahan and Corbett Reconsidered: 1890-2003 79
Chapter 2 Air Power and Two World Wars 93
Chapter 3 Douhet Reconsidered: (1) Inside-Out Warfare and 1991 103
Chapter 4 Douhet Reconsidered: (2) Doctrine and the Kosovo Campaign, 1999 115
Book IV War and Wars since the End of the Cold War 125
Chapter 1 The End of the Cold War 127
Chapter 2 The Developing Countries and the Re-emergence of Other Wars 139
Book V On the Nature and Conduct of War 149
Chapter 1 The Nature of War, the Conduct of War, and Basic Definitions 151
Chapter 2 To the Present Time: The Offensive and Defensive and the Vernichtungsschlacht 163
Chapter 3 The Illusion of Certainty 173
Chapter 4 The Approach of Absolute War 177
Book VI Conclusion 187
Chapter 1 To the Gods Belongs Tomorrow 189
Notes 193
Bibliography 217
Index 229
