Defense of the West Author:Basil Henry Liddell Hart In DEFENSE OF THE WEST, published in 1950, Basil H. Liddell Hart presents a series of "riddles of war and peace" and his considered answers. He sorts his riddles into yesterday, today and tomorrow. His topics read as if they came from today's newspapers: What would another war be like? Is neutrality possible in modern warfare? Are we getting ... more »value for money spent on defense? Can we have disarmament without defenselessness? Liddell Hart deals with the immediate problems of an effective defense of the West and some basic problems of the human search for security against aggression.« less