The Australian Army Study Paper #305. The Continental School Of Strategy: The Past, Present & Future Of Land Power (2004) By Michael Evans
 
This monograph analyses modern land power through examining the continental school of strategy that emerged in early 19th-century Europe at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The continental school of strategy is important because it has provided the essential knowledge for the theory and practice of land power over the past two centuries. Many of the continental school's principles continue to remain fundamental to an understanding of the use of ground forces in the early 21st century.
 
The argument advanced by this study is that land power operates in two dimensions: the intrinsic dimension of military theory and the extrinsic dimension of geopolitical thought. Only by analysing both of these areas, and the dialectic between them, through the prism of the continental school of military thought, can there be a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of land warfare. The monograph examines the intrinsic dimension of land power by presenting an overview of continental military theory from the age of Napoleon to the end of the Cold War.
 
Soft Cover
173 pages
In Good condition