Fascist and liberal visions of war : Fuller, Liddell Hart, Douhet, and other modernists

In this ground-breaking study, Professor Azar Gat reveals the fascist background behind the ideas of the leading theorists of mechanized war in the first decade of the twentieth century. He then drastically re-evaluates B. H. Liddell Hart's strategic ideas, presenting him as the pioneer of the modern western liberal way in warfare.