Written in three parts, this book presents the case for the Indirect Approach as the key to winning wars. The first part examines various incidents from 8 period covering the Ancient world to the Russo Japanese war of 1905. The second looks at the First World War and the limited, though successful where used, use of the Indirect Approach and the third touches on the approach used b Hitler (fittingly topical for an updated 1941 edition).

Detailed, readable and well argued - though the cynic in me wonders how many campaigns he studied and left out because they didn't match his theory. The bit on the Frst World War is an excellent brief outline of the srategies that gave rise to the stereotypes known so well. ( )