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Historians from the CGSC Department of Military History discuss topics in military history, ranging from antiquity to the near-present.
Episode 59 – Abel on Early Modern European Military Theorists
Confused Heap of Facts
1 hour 5 minutes
1 year ago
Episode 59 – Abel on Early Modern European Military Theorists
Dr. Bill Nance interviews Dr. Jonathan Abel about military theory during the early modern period, especially in France. They discuss the gap in knowledge between Machiavelli and Clausewitz that many modern students of the subject have, and how it developed. They detail the theorists who worked between those periods and how theory evolved. They talk about the Military Enlightenment and how it led to the works of Jomini and Clausewitz at the advent of the modern era.
“History is only a confused heap of facts.” – Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield
Host: Dr. Jonathan Abel, CGSC DMH
DMH Podcast Team: Drs. Jonathan Abel, Mark Gerges, and Bill Nance
Artwork: Daniel O. Neal
Music: SSG Noah Taylor, West Point Band
Confused Heap of Facts
Historians from the CGSC Department of Military History discuss topics in military history, ranging from antiquity to the near-present.
