Liddell Hart and the weight of history
by John J. Mearsheimer · first published 1988
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…the existence of a country without nukes is predicated on the whims of one with them, every country is strongly incentivized to develop them. As for me, a little bit of my heart belongs to his book, Liddell Hart and the Weight of History.
on “Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Ukraine” ↗…was impossible. In turn, he wrote several books along the lines of the "clean Wehrmacht" and that German generals were brilliant---specifically, most of the German generals you've ever heard of. See *Liddell Hart and the Weight of History" by John J. Mearsheimer.
on “Ethics in Strategy Gaming, Part 1: Panzer General” ↗…realist of his generation.[3] ... Mearsheimer's books include Conventional Deterrence (1983), which won the Edgar S. Furniss Jr. Book Award; Nuclear Deterrence: Ethics and Strategy (co-editor, 1985); Liddell Hart and the Weight of History (1988); The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), which won the Lepgold Book Prize; The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy (2007); and Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics…