Ep 85: Antulio J. Echevarria on Jomini (New Makers of Modern Strategy #9)

Antulio J. Echevarria, General Douglas MacArthur Chair of Research at the U.S. Army War College and a contributor to New Makers of Modern Strategy, joins the show to talk about one of the most influential military thinkers of the modern age, Antoine-Henri Jomini. 
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    •    01:55 Introduction 
    •    02:22 Who was Jomini?
    •    06:13 A charlatan?
    •    08:57 Summary of the Art of War
    •   11:50 Clausewitz vs Jomini 
    •    14:26 The center of gravity
    •    16:03 Lines of operation
    •    21:21 Regard for the enemy
    •   24:44 Interpreting Napoleon 
    •   28:09 Mahan and Jomini
    •    30:47 Air power
   •   31:55 Clausewitz revival
    •    34:02 Jomini today