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List of military writers

This is a list of military writers.

John Boyd, inventor of the decision cycle
Julius Caesar, author of Gallic Wars
Carl von Clausewitz, general and author of On War
J.F.C. Fuller, theoretician of tank warfare
Antoine Henri Jomini[?], 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)
B.H. Liddell Hart, proponent of the "indirect approach", influential on all 20th century military thinking
Alfred Thayer Mahan, naval strategist
Mao Zedong, Chinese dictator and guerilla theorist
Tyrone G. Martin, USS Constitution expert
Emil Schalk[?], Summary of the Art of War[?]
Sun Tzu, general and author of The Art of War
Thucydides Author of The Peloponnesian War
Xenophon
Yamamoto Tsunetomo[?], Author of Hagakure