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Prominent British military historian and strategist.
October 1998
Compiled by Janet L. Seymour
Bibliographer, Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL
Contents
Addington, Larry H. Patterns of War since the Eighteenth Century. 2nd ed. Blommington, IN, University Press, 1994. 360 p.
See index for references to Liddell Hart.
Book call no.: 355.00903 A224p 1994
Blumenson, Martin and Stokesbury, James L. Masters of the Art of Command. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1975. 393 p.
Liddell Hart, pp 220-229.
Book call no.: 923.573 B658m
Bond, Brian. Liddell Hart: A Study of His Military Thought. New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 1977. 289 p.
Book call no.: 355 B711L
Clausewitz and Modern Strategy, edited by Michael I. Handel. Totowa, NJ, Frank Cass and Company, 1986. 324 p.
Clausewitz, Fuller and Liddell Hart, by Jay Luvaas, pp 197-212.
Book call no.: 355.020924 C616
Current Biography. New York, H. W. Wilson, 1940. 916 p.
Liddell Hart, pp 501-502.
Book call no.: R 920.02 C976 1940
Dictionary of National Biography. London, Oxford University Press, 1981. 1178 p.
Book call no.: R 920.042 D554 Sup.8 1961-1970
Earle, Edward Mead. Makers of Modern Strategy: Military Thought from Machiavelli to Hitler. Princetown, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1943. 553 p.
Maginot and Liddell Hart: The Doctrine of Defense, by Irving M. Gibson, pp 365-387.
Book call no.: 355.09 Ea7m
Higham, Robin. The Military Intellectuals in Britain: 1918-1939. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1981. 267 p.
B. H. Liddell Hart, pp 82-109.
Also see index for appropriate page references.
Book call no.: 355.0942 H638m 1981
Howard, Michael. The Causes of Wars and Other Essays. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1983. 248 p.
Liddell Hart, pp 198-207.
Book call no.: 355.02 H851ca
Howard, Michael. Studies in War and Peace. New York, Viking Press, 1970. 262 p.
The Classical Strategists, pp 154-183.
Book call no.: 355.48 H851s
Kunitz, Stanley J. Twentieth Century Authors. New York, Wilson, 1955. 1123 p.
Liddell Hart, p 581.
Book call no.: R 920.01 K96t Sup 1955
Liddell Hart, Basil H. Defence of the West: Some Riddles of War and Peace. London, Cassell, 1950. 390 p.
See also other editions: 355 L62d 1950a and 355 L62d 1970.
Book call no.: 355 L62d
Liddell Hart, Basil H. Deterrent or Defense, a Fresh Look at the West's Military Position. New York, Praeger, 1960. 257 p.
Book call no.: 355 L62da
Liddell Hart, Basil H. Paris or the Future of War. New York, Garland, 1972. 86 p.
Book call no.: 355.43 L712p
Liddell Hart, Basil H. The Revolution in Warfare. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1947. 125 p.
Book call no.: 355 L62re
Liddell Hart, Basil H. Strategy. 2nd rev. ed. New York, Penguin Books, 1991. 426 p.
Original title: The Decisive Wars of History, a Study in Strategy.
Book call no.: 355.48 L712d 1991
Liddell Hart, Basil H. Thoughts on War. London, Farber and Farber, 1944. 327 p.
Book call no.: 355 L712t
Liddell Hart, Basil H. Why Don't We Learn from History?. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1946. 64 p.
Book call no.: 901 L712w
Luvaas, Jay. The Education of an Army: British Military Thought, 1815-1940. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1964. 454 p.
The Captain Who Teaches Generals, pp 376-424.
Book call no.: 923.542 L976e
Mearsheimer, John J. Liddell Hart and the Weight of History. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1988. 234 p.
Book call no.: 355.00904 M483L
Reid, Brian Holden. Studies in British Military Thought: Debates with Fuller and Liddell Hart. Lincoln, NB, University of Nebraska Press, 1998. 287 p.
Book call no.: 355.02 R353s
The Theory and Practice of War, edited by Michael Howard. New York, Praeger, 1966. 367 p.
Liddell Hart and the French Army, 1919-1939, by General d'Armee Andre Beaufre, pp 129-141.
Liddell Hart and the British Army, 1919-1939, by General Sir Frederick Pile, pp 167-183.
Book call no.: 355.04 H851t
Kruegler, Christopher. Liddell Hart and the Concept of Civilian-Based Defense. Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University, 1984. 186 p. (Thesis, Pd.D).
Doc. call no.: M-U 43567-166
Palsokar, Ravindra. Modern Application of Liddell Hart's Doctrine on Infantry Tactics. Fort Leavenworth, KS, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, June 1983. 95 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 P182m
Swenson, Gary G. The Concept of Command Leadership in the Military Classics: B. H. Liddell Hart. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, April 1986. 35 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 S9742c
Atkinson, James. Liddell Hart and Warfare of the Future. Military Affairs 29:161-163 Winter 1965-1966.
Basil Liddell Hart, 74, Is Dead: Military Theorist and Writer. New York Times, p 42, January 30, 1970.
Blumenson, Martin and Stokesbury, James L. The Captain Who Taught the Generals. Army 20:59-63 April 1970.
Bond, Brian. Liddell Hart's Influence on Israeli Military Theory and Practice. RUSI Journal for Defence Studies 121:83-89 June 1976.
Bond, Brian. Nuclear-Age Theories of Sir Basil Liddell Hart. Military Review 50:10-20 August 1970.
Bond, Brian. Second Thoughts on War: A Conversation with B. H. Liddell Hart. Military Review 45:23-32 September 1965.
Bond, Brian and Freedman, Lawrence. Outsiders' Influence on Defence Policy. RUSI Journal for Defence Studies 127:10-18 March 1982.
Davison, Kenneth L., Jr. Clausewitz and the Indirect Approach--Misreading the Master. Airpower Journal 2:42-52 Winter 1988.
Liddell Hart's evaluation of
Clausewitz.
Gunsberg, Jeffery A. Liddell Hart and Blitzkrieg! Armor 83:26-30 March-April 1974.
Hackett, John. Liddell Hart Memorial Address. Royal United Services Institution Journal 115:37-38 September 1970.
Larson, Robert H. B. H. Liddell Hart: Apostle of Limited War. Military Affairs 44:70-74 April 1980.
Liddell Hart, Basil H. Military Strategy vs. Common Sense. The Saturday Review 39:7-8 March 3, 1956.
Liddell Hart, Basil H. Some Lessons of the European Warfare. Yale Review 34, no.3:405-426 March 1945.
Liddell Hart, Basil H. Western Defense Planning. Military Review 77:191-196 January-February 1997.
Reprinted from the June 1956 Military Review.
Lord, David. Liddell Hart and the Napoleanic Fallacy. RUSI Journal 142:57-63 April 1997.
Luvaas, Jay. Liddell Hart and the Mearsheimer Critique: A "Pupils" Retrospective. Parameters 20:9-19 March 1990.
Mason, Richard A. The Legacy of Liddell Hart. Air Force Magazine 54:58-63 April 1971.
Mason, Richard A. Sir Basil Liddell Hart and the Strategy of the Indirect Approach. Royal United Service Institution Journal 115:37-41 June 1970.
Morelock, Jerry D. The Legacy of Liddell Hart. Military Review 66:65-75 May 1986.
Pickett, George B., Jr. Basil Liddell Hart: Much To Say to the "Army of '76." Army 26:29-33 April 1976.
Poole, J. B. The Liddell Hart Wargame. Army Quarterly and Defense Journal 109:42-47 January 1979.
Reid, Brian Holden. J. F. C. and B. H. Liddell Hart--A Comparison. Military Review 70:64-73 May 1990.
Swain, Richard M. B. H. Liddell Hart and the Creation of a Theory of War, 1919-1933. Armed Forces and Society 17:35-51 Fall 1990.
Thorne, I. D. P. Interpretations: Liddell Hart after Fifteen Years. RUSI Journal for Defence Studies 130:48-51 December 1985.
Walden, J. W. Liddell Hart. Military Review 34:32-45 September 1954.
Weller, Jac. Sir Basil Liddell Hart's Disciples in Israel. Military Review 54:13-23 January 1974.
Wheeler, Michael O. The Employment of Tactical Air Power: A Study in the Theory of Strategy of Sir Basil H. Liddell Hart. Air University Review 26:2-14 September-October 1975.
Reveals how modern tactical air power has features intimately concerned with the thrust of Liddell Hart's strategic views.
Reprinted in Asian Defense Journal no.1:32+ January 1988.