First, Sun Tzu's Art of War, about 5 12 BC, Sun Wu (China)
Know yourself and know yourself, and you will win every battle. -Sun Wu
Sun Tzu's Art of War, also known as Sun Wu's Art of War, Wu Sun Tzu's Art of War, Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Wu's Art of War, is the earliest existing military work in China and the earliest military work in the world, and is known as the "sacred book of military science". * * * about six thousand words, one article * * * thirteen articles.
Sun Tzu's Art of War is a brilliant treasure in China's ancient military cultural heritage and an important part of excellent traditional culture. Its content is profound, its thought is profound, and its logic is rigorous, which is the concentrated embodiment of the essence of ancient military thought. The author is Sun Wu, whose ancestral home is Le 'an, Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period, and a general of Wu.
Sun Tzu's Art of War is regarded as a classic of military strategists. It has a history of 2500 years since its birth, and it has been studied in all dynasties. Li Shimin said, "Look at the art of war, there is no Sun Wu". Sun Tzu's art of war is a strategy, and strategy is not a trick, but a great strategy and great wisdom. Today, Sun Tzu's art of war has gone global. It has also been translated into many languages and occupies an important position in the world military history. 1972 bamboo slips of Sun Tzu's Art of War unearthed in Linyi.
Second, the war, 1832? 1837, clausewitz (German)
War is just a continuation of another means of politics. Clausewitz
In the book, the author reveals the subordinate nature of war to politics, points out the role of human factors, especially spiritual strength, expounds the historical trend of the transformation from the nature of war to the people's war, discusses the dialectical relationship between strategy and tactics, attack and defense, and the purpose and means of war, and puts forward the theory of concentrating superior forces to destroy the enemy.
Although this book is an unfinished work, clausewitz pays attention to using the dialectics of German classical philosophy to examine the issue of war, thus expounding a series of main viewpoints that triggered the revolution of war theory, such as: "War is just a continuation of politics by another means".
Third, the science of winning, 1796, suvorov (Russian)
Defeating the enemy is a failure, destroying the enemy is a victory. Suvorov
The content of "The Skill of Winning" reflects suvorov's strategic and tactical thoughts and the way of running the army, including military achievements, military thoughts, command style and command art, which has influenced Russian military circles for generations. After the October Revolution, Lenin also cited its main principles in the first Manual for Red Army Soldiers approved. During the Second World War, Soviet generals at all levels praised suvorov's general plan and tactical principles of running the army, and the Supreme Presidium of the Soviet Union also issued an order to formulate suvorov's first, second and third military medals in July 1942. The Science of Winning, together with its author's name, has attracted wide attention from military theorists all over the world.
Iv. On protracted war, 1938, Mao Zedong (China)
The purpose of war is nothing more than "saving ourselves and destroying the enemy". Mao Zedong
Starting with China's theory of death and China's theory of quick victory, this paper refutes these two wrong views one by one, and then leads to the author's own point of view: War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is a protracted war, and the final victory is China's, and through the flexibility and planning of "initiative in war", "war and politics", "political mobilization in the war of resistance", "purpose of war", "attack in defense" and "attack in defense", mobile warfare. Guerrilla warfare, positional warfare, war of attrition, war of annihilation, the possibility of taking advantage of the enemy's gap, the decisive battle in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the fact that soldiers and civilians are the foundation of victory are all independent and related chapters to explain why War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is a protracted war, how to carry it out, why it can win the final victory and what to do.
Basic argument: War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is a protracted war, and China is bound to win the final victory of this war.
5. Absolute weapons, 1946, Bernard? Brody (USA)
So far, the main purpose of our military organization is to win the war. From now on, its main purpose must be to avoid war. Bernard? Brody
Launching a nuclear war is no longer a rational policy choice. Brody wrote: So far, the main purpose of our military organization is to win the war. From now on, its main purpose must be to avoid war. It probably won't serve any other useful purpose. When he explained his above ideas, he told clausewitz; The assertion that war is the continuation of politics is affirmed in the abstract and denied in the concrete. On the one hand, he claimed that clausewitz about; War is the continuation of politics; The conclusion is the basis for considering all nuclear deterrence issues. On the other hand, the meaning of clausewitz's argument is interpreted as: if it is not for pursuing a legitimate political purpose, war can only be meaningless destruction. It is believed that the whole concept of nuclear deterrence is credible because it is difficult for us to find a legitimate political purpose to justify the inevitable destruction in nuclear strategic engagement. At that time, although the United States had atomic weapons, it was still in the stage of small batch production; On the other hand, the United States estimates that the Soviet Union will not possess atomic weapons in the short term. Even if it does, its throwing means and production reserves will be difficult to match the United States, and the United States will maintain its atomic advantage for quite some time. Therefore, they implemented the containment strategy of nuclear blackmail and large-scale conventional war against the Soviet Union and other socialist countries, with conventional forces as the main force and nuclear blackmail as the supplement. American political scientist Henry? In reviewing this history, Kissinger wrote: The strategy we formulated in the early postwar period did not depend on nuclear weapons, but only used nuclear weapons as a more effective explosive to destroy the enemy's industrial center. So we should not only use the strategy of World War II, but also use the weapons of World War II. The increase of atomic bombs is only to increase the strength of our strategic arsenal.