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Masters of War: History’s Greatest Strategic Thinkers Check the trailer here: http://vimeo.com/50616279Professor Andrew R. WilsonU.S. Naval War CollegeMilitary strategy matters. Civilizations with the greatest strategists—often coupled with the greatest resources—have had a powerful edge over competing civilizations. From Napoleon’s revolutionary campaigns to the way insurgency, terrorism, and nuclear weaponry have defined the nature of warfare in the 21st century, the results of military strategy have changed the course of history. Masters of War: History’s Greatest Strategic Thinkers gives you an inside look at both the content and historical context of the world’s greatest war strategists. Taught by Professor Andrew R. Wilson, these 24 lectures will instill in you a new appreciation for the subtleties and complexities of strategy.    24 Lectures    1Why Strategy Matters    2Thucydides on Strategy    3Thucydides as a Possession for All Time    4Sun Tzu’s The Art of War    5Sun Tzu through Time    6Machiavelli’s The Art of War    7Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy    8The Napoleonic Revolution in War    9Baron Jomini as a Strategist    10Clausewitz’s On War    11Jomini and Clausewitz through the Ages    12From Sail to Steam—The Sea-Power Revolution    13Alfred Thayer Mahan    14Sir Julian Corbett    15Mahan, Corbett, and the Pacific War    16Air Power in Theory and Practice    17From Rolling Thunder to Instant Thunder    18Nuclear Strategy    19Mao Tse-tung in Theory and Practice    20Classics of Counterinsurgency    21Just-War Theory    22Terrorism as Strategy    23Strategies of Counterterrorism    24From the Jaws of Defeat—Strategic Adaptation