Edward Luttwak Bücher

Wer im Konfliktfall nicht untergehen will, muß den Bereich geradlinigen Denkens, eingleisiger Optimierung, linearer Logik verlassen und strategisch zu denken beginnen. Strategisch denken aber heißt in Paradoxa denken: „Wenn Du Frieden willst, bereite den Krieg“. Edward Luttwak belegt mit zahllosen Beispielen aus der Geschichte, daß das Reich der Strategie von solchen scheinbar widersprüchlichen Aussagen durchzogen ist, daß ein Sieg sich durch Maßlosigkeit in eine Niederlage verwandelt, daß Krieg durch Erschöpfung in Frieden übergeht, daß UNO-Friedensmissionen oft das Gegenteil des Gewollten erreichen, weil sie den Krieg verlängern, statt die zugrundeliegenden Konflikte zu lösen. Dabei reflektiert Luttwak auch die jüngsten kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen wie den Golfkrieg 1991, den Kosovo-Krieg und die Ereignisse nach dem 11. September 2001. Mit Strategie hat Edward Luttwak ein Grundlagenwerk geschaffen, das die Logik kriegerischer Konflikte ebenso erhellt wie die der großen politischen und geostrategischen Auseinandersetzungen. Pressestimmen: "Edward Luttwaks 'Strategie - Die Logik von Krieg und Frieden' ist nicht nur eines der intelligentesten Bücher zur Militärgeschichte und Militärtheorie. Es ist ein Meisterwerk dialektischer Gesellschaftstheorie." (Arno Widmann, Berliner Zeitung)

This illuminating book remains essential to both ancient historians and students of modern strategy.

Edward Luttwak's shocking 1968 handbook showed, step-by-step, how governments could be overthrown and inspired anti-coup precautions around the world. In addition to these instructions, his revised handbook offers a new way of looking at political power-one that considers the vulnerability of stable democracies after prolonged economic distress.

Presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire, eight hundred years by the shortest definition.

As the rest of the world worries about what a future might look like under Chinese supremacy, Edward Luttwak worries about China’s own future prospects. Applying the logic of strategy for which he is well known, Luttwak argues that the most populous nation on Earth—and its second largest economy—may be headed for a fall. For any country whose rising strength cannot go unnoticed, the universal logic of strategy allows only military or economic growth. But China is pursuing both goals simultaneously. Its military buildup and assertive foreign policy have already stirred up resistance among its neighbors, just three of whom—India, Japan, and Vietnam—together exceed China in population and wealth. Unless China’s leaders check their own ambitions, a host of countries, which are already forming tacit military coalitions, will start to impose economic restrictions as well. Chinese leaders will find it difficult to choose between pursuing economic prosperity and increasing China’s military strength. Such a change would be hard to explain to public opinion. Moreover, Chinese leaders would have to end their reliance on ancient strategic texts such as Sun Tzu’s Art of War. While these guides might have helped in diplomatic and military conflicts within China itself, their tactics—such as deliberately provoking crises to force negotiations—turned China’s neighbors into foes. To avoid arousing the world’s enmity further, Luttwak advises, Chinese leaders would be wise to pursue a more sustainable course of economic growth combined with increasing military and diplomatic restraint.

Why is Israel's relatively small and low-budget military also the world's most innovative, technologically and logistically? Edward Luttwak and Eitan Shamir look to the IDF's unique structure: integrating army, air force, and navy in one service, under an officer class constantly refreshed by short tenures, the IDF is built for agility and change.