This is the classic book on war as we know it. During his long life, Basil H. Liddell Hart was considered one of the world's foremost military thinkers--a man generally regarded as the "Clausewitz of the 20th century."

Liddell Hart stressed movement, flexibilty, surprise. He saw that in most military campaigns dislocation of the enemy's psychological and physical balance is prelude to victory. This dislocation results from a strategic indirect approach. Reflect for a moment on the results of direct confrontation (trench war in WW I) versus indirect dislocation (Blitzkreig in WW II). Liddell Hart is also tonic for business and political planning: just change the vocabulary and his concepts fit.

"The most important book by one of the outstanding military authorities of our time." (Library Journal)

世界著名军事理论家、战略家。

早年就读于英国剑桥大学。

一战期间服役，任步兵团军官，曾在战斗中负伤。

在军事上提出了“间接路线”的观念以及涵盖军事以外领域的“大战略”概念，也是现代战争“装甲兵”作战的倡导者。

1966年被英国皇室授予爵士勋爵。