Machine Warfare: An Inquiry into the Influence of Mechanics on the Art of War

by J.F.C. Fuller

A discussion of mechanized armored warfare in light of the events of the first three or four years of World War II by the British pioneer tank tactician Major General J.F.C. Fuller. Originally published in 1942 this is the American edition published by the Infantry Journal magazine.

Genres: War

204 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1943

About the author

Major-General John Frederick Charles Fuller, CB, CBE, DSO was a British Army officer (1899–1933), military historian and strategist, notable as an early theorist of modern armoured warfare, including categorising principles of warfare.

Fuller was also an early disciple of English poet and magician Aleister Crowley and was very familiar with his, and other forms of, magick and mysticism.

Reviews

[Mike P · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another timeless Military Science work by General Fuller. He was master and blending the technical with the Military Operational Art to explain how technology impacts the manner wars are fought. When reading this work do not focus on the date or details of the technology of his time period. Focus on the "impacts", "the what", "the why" and "the how" the Operational Art of War is impacted.