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.
Azar Gat has certainly done much to rescue Liddell Hart from the clutches of his recent critics. His book, like its predecessors, is a formidable achievement./ Brian Holden Reid, TLS, 21/05/99.
