Liddell Hart

American  

[lid-l hahrt] / ˈlɪd l ˈhɑrt /

noun

1. (Sir) Basil Henry, 1895–1970, English military historian and strategist.

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Liddell Hart British  

/ ˈlɪdəl hɑːt /

noun

1. Sir Basil Henry. 1895–1970, British military strategist and historian: he advocated the development of mechanized warfare before World War II

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Example Sentences

Rejecting Clausewitz, Liddell Hart embraced the ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu, who wrote, “Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2022

On a live-fire range in the Philippines while he was still in his 20s, one of his company commanders recommended that he read “Lee’s Lieutenants” by Douglas Freeman and “Strategy,” by Liddell Hart.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2019

Liddell Hart called Sherman the “most original genius of the Civil War,” crediting him with a nimble fighting style that assaulted the enemy’s infrastructure and morale.

From Washington Times • Nov. 16, 2014

It's in the tradition of Alan Clark's book The Donkeys, which follows on from critics like strategist and military historian Basil Liddell Hart and former Prime Minister David Lloyd George.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2013

Half a million Allied military casualties occurred after September, Liddell Hart notes�as well as millions of other enemy and civilian casualties.

From Time Magazine Archive