Discussion
Which of the following thinkers rejected the old condotlieri system and favoured the idea of national troops ?
Answer: B
The thinker is Niccolo Machiavelli.
In The Prince and The Art of War, Machiavelli condemned the Italian city-states' reliance on condottieri (written 'condotlieri' in the paper), hired captains whose mercenary bands fought for pay, avoided risk and could turn on their employers. He argued that a state should rely on its own citizen soldiers, a national militia loyal to the state, and he organised such a militia for Florence.
Douhet wrote on air power, Liddell Hart on the indirect approach, and Clausewitz on the nature of war, all long after the condottieri had vanished.
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