List of military theorists and military writers

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This is a list of military theorists and military writers . The list is broad. It provides an alphabetical overview of major authors in the field of military science and strategy, including military thinkers, military theorists, military authors, military strategists, military historians, memorabilia writers, and others. The list does not claim to be up-to-date or complete. Various biographical details, important writings etc. are given. a.

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The Arte of Warre (Machiavelli): frontispiece of the English edition by Peter Withorne (London 1573)
Carl von Clausewitz: On the War ( Berlin 1832)
Erwin Rommel : Infantry Attack (1937)

Famous works are for example The Art of War by Sunzi (Sun Wu), Vom Kriege by Carl von Clausewitz or The Partisan War ( La guerra de guerrillas ) by Ernesto Che Guevara .

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  • Max Jähns (1837–1900), Prussian officer and military writer.
  • Rudolf August von Janson (1844–1917), Prussian officer, infantry general and military writer
  • Johann the Middle of Nassau-Siegen (1561–1623), military career, defense book for the county of Nassau
  • Michael Johns (* 1964), writer, foreign policy and security expert
  • Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779–1869), baron, Swiss officer and military theorist, has written books on the Napoleonic Wars , including Précis de l'Art de la Guerre ( abstract of the art of war ) and Traité des grandes opérations militaires ( treatise on great military Operations )
  • Justinus (Justin), Roman historian

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Moltke: From the ordinances for senior troop leaders of June 24, 1869

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  • Napoleon ( military maxims )
  • Abdul Haris Nasution (1918–2000): The guerrilla war. Basics of guerrilla warfare from the perspective of the Indonesian defense system in the past and future
  • Wilhelm du Nord (1836–1909), Austrian officer and military writer
  • Lon O. Nordeen : Air warfare in the missile age (Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC 2010)

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  • Adam Ludwig Baron von Ochs (1759–1823), Major General of the Electorate of Hesse, military writer, reflections on the modern art of war, its progress and changes: and the likely consequences that will arise from it for the future (Kassel 1817)
  • Onasandros / Onasander (1st century), Greek military writer, Strategikos
  • Robert Endicott Osgood (1921–1986): The Limited War (1957)
  • Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf, Archduke of Austria (1817–1895), Austrian field marshal, On responsibility in war
  • Adolf Ott (pseudonym: Flodatto) (1842–1918), German soldier and writer

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Lothar Persius: "How it came about" that the impetus for the revolution came from the fleet (1919)

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  • Harold E. Raugh (* 1956), military writer
  • Oskar Regele (1890–1969), military writer
  • Henri de Rohan (1579–1638), Huguenot leader, Le parfait Capitaine (an adaptation of Caesar's rules of war), De l'intérêt des princes et des États de la chrétienté
  • Heinrich Rohne (1842–1937), Prussian lieutenant general and military writer
  • Erwin Rommel (1891–1944), German Field Marshal General, Infantry Attacks (1937)
  • Arthur Rosenberg (1889–1943), historian of political science, A History of Bolshevism, From Marx to the First Five Years' Plan ( History of Bolshevism from Marx to the Present )
  • Friedrich Ruge (1894–1985), German vice admiral and military writer
  • Wilhelm Rüstow (1821–1878), military writer and historian
  • Cornelius Ryan (1920-1974), The Longest Day ( The Longest Day ) and A Bridge Too Far ( A Bridge Too Far )

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Reinhold Begas : War Science , 1887, marble
  • Friedrich Wilhelm von Zanthier (1741–1781), officer, military theorist, author of an experiment on the marches of the armies, the camps, battles and the plan of operations (Dresden 1778) and campaigns of the Viscount Türenne (Leipzig 1779)
  • Sherifa Zuhur (1953–), American academic and security researcher on the Middle East and the Islamic world

See also