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Edward N. Luttwak is a senior associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. A longtime strategic and security consultant to U.S. government departments, the armed services, and friendly governments, he is the author of The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire, among other books.

Werken van Edward Luttwak

Coup d'Etat (1967) 390 exemplaren
Dictionary of Modern War (1821) 57 exemplaren
The Israeli Army (1975) 47 exemplaren
The political uses of sea power (1974) 9 exemplaren

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Officiële naam
Luttwak, Edward Nicolae
Geboortedatum
1942-11-04
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Land (voor op de kaart)
USA
Geboorteplaats
Arad, Romania
Opleiding
Johns Hopkins University (PhD)
Organisaties
Center for Strategic & International Studies

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I read the first edition of this classic when I was in the Air Force 50 years ago. It was a dry, practical planning guide for a military takeover, with no political commentary or fluff. This revised edition has added much of both. I suspect that it has something to do with the author's subsequent checkered career in US intelligence, as lots of it reads more like sour grapes than gripping analysis. Parts of the original remain here, of course, but the additions and revisions make it more of a muddled mess than a coherent tome. The first edition would've gotten 5 stars - this one's lucky at half that, and mostly for the fond recollection of the prose of the first edition. Give it a pass, unless you just want to see the title on your shelf.… (meer)
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a classic on military and national strategy
 
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32
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Leden
2,002
Populariteit
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3.8
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100
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