Introduction : the rules of war are simple but seldom followed
The general who beat Hannibal
Mongol secrets : velocity and deception
Napoleon and wars of annihilation
Stonewall Jackson : "mystify, mislead, and surprise"
Sherman : the general who won the Civil War
Palestine 1918 : breaking the deadlock of trench warfare
Mao Zedong : the winning of China
France 1940 : victory by surprise
The Desert Fox Rommel and Germany's lost chance
MacArthur : a Jekyll and Hyde in Korea
The enduring unity of war.
