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List of military writers
This is a list of military writers , alphabetical by last name.
See also list of military theorists .
Bayo, Anton
Boyd, John , inventor of the OODA Loop or decision cycle .
Caesar, Julius , author of Gallic Wars , Alexandrian Wars , etc.
Clausewitz, Carl von , general and author of On War
Ercilla, Alonso de y Zúñiga, author of La Araucana
Frontinus, Sextus Julius , author of the Stratagemata
Fuller, J.F.C. , theoretician of tank warfare
Goltz, Colmar Freiherr von der , 19th century general and theorist
Guderian, Heinz , German General, Developed principles of Blitzkrieg , author of Achtung Panzer!
Guevara, Ernesto Che , Argentinian revolutionary, diary outlined the guerrilla war being fought in Bolivia
Hart, B.H. Liddell , proponent of the "indirect approach", influential on all 20th century military thinking
Johns, Michael , foreign policy and national security analyst and writer
Jomini, Antoine Henri , general, wrote on the Napoleonic Wars including Precis de l'Art de la Guerre (Precis on the Art of War ) and Traité des grandes opérations militaires (Treatise on Grand Military Operations )
Keegan, John , Military Historian
Leonhard, Robert , Military Theorist
Luttwack, Edward , Theorist, identified the 'Dynamic Paradox' of strategy
Mao Zedong , Chinese leader and guerrilla theorist
Machiavelli, Niccolo , political theorist, author of The Prince and Dell'arte della guerra (The Art of War )
Mahan, Alfred Thayer , naval strategist
Marighela, Carlos , Brazilian "urban guerrilla", wrote Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla
Martin, Tyrone G. , USS Constitution expert
Moore, Robin , wrote The Hunt for Bin Laden: Task Force Dagger
Ryan, Cornelius , wrote The Longest Day , A Bridge Too Far
Schalk, Emil , Summary of the Art of War
Schlichting, Sigismund von , 19th century infantry theorist
Simpkin, Richard , Military Theorist
Strachan, Hew , Military Historian
Sun Tzu , general and author of The Art of War
Thucydides , author of History of the Peloponnesian War
Verdy du Vernois, Julius von , 19th century general and theorist
Xenophon , his Anabasis recording the Greeks ' march out of Asia Minor
Flavius Arrianus Xenophon known as Arrian in English, author of Anabasis Alexandri The Campaigns of Alexander the Great
Tsunetomo, Yamamoto , author of Hagakure
See also