The Art of War - Couverture souple

Jomini, Antoine Henri De

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0978653637 ISBN 13 : 9780978653637

Editeur : ARC Manor, 2006

Synopsis

"In 1991, General Norman Schwarzkopf drove Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait using several specific strategies. Schwarzkopf established a temporary supply base in the Saudi Arabian desert to form a base of operations for the U.S. Seventh Corps and then used Marine and Arab coalition allies in a pinning operation against Iraqi troops in Kuwait while the Seventh Corps made a turning movement into the Iraqi rear. Having captured its limited, geographic objective, the coalition called a halt to the war. Schwarzkopf's strategies came straight from Antoine-Henri Jomini's The Art of War, which is the foundation of professional military education in the Western world." - from the new introduction....Antoine Henri de Jomini's The Art of War is considered by many to be the definitive work on military strategy and tactics. His impact on professional military thinking, doctrine and vocabulary is unparalleled by any other military theoretician. Though authors like Clausewitz may be better known to some, few can match the breadth of practical advice offered by the man who served both Napoleon and the Russian Tsar....This edition faithfully reproduces Jomini's seminal work, beautifully reformatted and typeset and includes a new introduction and brief chapter by chapter commentary.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Antoine-Henri Jomini was the most celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war. Jomini was present at most of the most important battles of the Napoleonic Wars. His writing, therefore, is the most authoritative on the subject. "The art of war, as generally considered, consists of five purely military branches,-viz.: Strategy, Grand Tactics, Logistics, Engineering, and Tactics. A sixth and essential branch, hitherto unrecognized, might be termed Diplomacy in its relation to War. Although this branch is more naturally and intimately connected with the profession of a statesman than with that of a soldier, it cannot be denied that, if it be useless to a subordinate general, it is indispensable to every general commanding an army." -Antoine-Henri Jomini

Présentation de l'éditeur

A New Edition with Appendices and Maps. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY Capt. G.H. MENDELL CORPS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS U.S. ARMY AND Lieut. W.P. CRAIGHILL CORPS OF ENGINEERS U.S. ARMY.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: ARC Manor
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0978653637
• ISBN 13: 9780978653637
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 300