Roots of Strategy, Book 2: 3 Military Classics (Roots of Strategy)

Ardant du Picq's Battle Studies, Clausewitz's Principles of War, and Jomini's Art of War. IN presenting to the American reading public a translation of a volume written by an obscure French colonel, belonging to a defeated army, who fell on the eve of a battle which not alone gave France over to the enemy but disclosed a leadership so inapt as to awaken the suspicion of treason, one is faced by the inevitable interrogation - "Why?" This book assembles a collection of three of the most influential military writings of all time: du Picq's BATTLE STUDIES, an established authority on the effect of "moral force" on battle; Clausewitz's PRINCIPLES OF WAR, which has had an effect on the destiny and welfare of the world like few other books; and Jomini's ART OF WAR, which ... Gathers pre-nineteenth century classics on military strategy by experts from ancient China, the Roman Empire, France, and Germany