{"product_id":"battle-studies-6","title":"Battle Studies: Ancient and Modern Battle","description":"\u003cb\u003eBATTLE STUDIES: ANCIENT AND MODERN BATTLE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBy Colonel Ardant du Picq \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcerpt from Preface\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet the answer is simple. The value of the book of Ardant du Picq lies precisely in the fact that it contains not alone the unmistakable forecast of the defeat, itself, but a luminous statement of those fundamental principles, the neglect of which led to Gravelotte and Sedan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNapoleon has said that in war the moral element is to all others as three is to one. Moreover, as du Picq impressively demonstrates, while all other circumstances change with time, the human element remains the same, capable of just so much endurance, sacrifice, effort, and no more. Thus, from Caesar to Foch, the essential factor in war endures unmodified. . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrontispiece - Portrait of Colonel Ardant du Picq \u003cbr\u003eForeword \u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eTranslator's Note \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eA Military Thinker \u003cbr\u003eRecord of Military Service of Colonel Ardant du Picq \u003cbr\u003eExtract from the History of the 10th Infantry Regiment \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePART ONE: ANCIENT BATTLE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003eI. Man in Primitive and Ancient Combat \u003cbr\u003eII. Knowledge of Man Made Roman Tactics; the Successes of Hannibal; Those of Caesar \u003cbr\u003eIII. Analysis of the Battle of Cannae \u003cbr\u003eIV. Analysis of the Battle of Pharsalus and Some Characteristic Examples \u003cbr\u003eV. Morale in Ancient Battle \u003cbr\u003eVI. How Real Combatants Are Obtained and How the Fighting of To-Day Requires Them to Be More Dependable Than in Ancient Battle \u003cbr\u003eVII. Purpose of This Study and What Is Necessary to Complete It \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePART TWO: MODERN BATTLE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI. General Discussion \u003cbr\u003e1. Ancient and Modern Battle \u003cbr\u003e2. Moral Elements in Battle \u003cbr\u003e3. Material and Moral Effect \u003cbr\u003e4. The Theory of Strong Battalions \u003cbr\u003e5. Combat Methods \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eII. Infantry \u003cbr\u003e1. Masses - Deep Columns \u003cbr\u003e2. Skirmishers - Supports - Reserves - Squares \u003cbr\u003e3. Firing \u003cbr\u003e4. Marches - Camps - Night Attacks \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIII. Cavalry \u003cbr\u003e1. Cavalry and Modern Appliances \u003cbr\u003e2. Cavalry Against Cavalry \u003cbr\u003e3. Cavalry Against Infantry \u003cbr\u003e4. Armor and Armament \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIV. Artillery \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eV. Command, General Staff and Administration \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVI. Social and Military Institutions; National Characteristics \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWindham Press is committed to bringing the lost cultural heritage of ages past into the 21st century through high-quality reproductions of original, classic printed works at affordable prices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book has been carefully crafted to utilize the original images of antique books rather than error-prone OCR text. This also preserves the work of the original typesetters of these classics, unknown craftsmen who laid out the text, often by hand, of each and every page you will read. 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