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Battle Studies (Hardcover): Charles Ardant Du Picq, Roger J. Spiller Battle Studies (Hardcover)
Charles Ardant Du Picq, Roger J. Spiller
R2,121 Discovery Miles 21 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A classic of military thought that merits a place alongside the works of Clausewitz and Sun Tzu, Battle Studies was first published in Paris ten years after the death of its author, French army officer Charles Ardant du Picq (1821–1870). Updated to provide a more complete and accurate biographical and historical framework for understanding its meaning and import, this edition—deftly translated, introduced, and annotated by noted military historian Roger Spiller—offers a new generation of readers the benefit of Ardant du Picq’s unique insight into the nature of warfare. Nothing, Ardant du Picq asserts, can be prescribed wisely in an army “without an exact understanding of its ultimate instrument, man, and his morale at the defining instant of combat.” Accordingly, Battle Studies, the first systematic exploration of human behavior in the extremities of combat, focuses squarely on the tactical realm its author knew so well. Eschewing grand military theories and strategies, Ardant du Picq draws on his real-world experience, especially during the Crimean War and the Siege of Sebastopol where he was captured, to examine what motivates a soldier to fight, what creates cohesion or disorder, what gives a commander tactical control, and what makes reason give way to instinct: in short, “the essence of the science of combat.”

Battle Studies (Paperback): John N Greely Battle Studies (Paperback)
John N Greely; Colonel Charles Ardant Du Picq
R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Battle Studies (Hardcover): Charles Ardant Du Picq Battle Studies (Hardcover)
Charles Ardant Du Picq
R1,066 Discovery Miles 10 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"At what instant has this control escaped from the battalion commander? When from the captain, the section leader, the squad leader? At what time, in short, if such a thing did take place, was there but a disordered impulse, whether to the front or to the rear carrying along pell-mell with it both the leaders and men?

Battle Studies (Paperback): Charles Ardant Du Picq Battle Studies (Paperback)
Charles Ardant Du Picq
R671 Discovery Miles 6 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"At what instant has this control escaped from the battalion commander? When from the captain, the section leader, the squad leader? At what time, in short, if such a thing did take place, was there but a disordered impulse, whether to the front or to the rear carrying along pell-mell with it both the leaders and men?

Battle Studies (Paperback): Charles Ardant Du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Jos Ardant Du Picq Battle Studies (Paperback)
Charles Ardant Du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Jos Ardant Du Picq
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R773 Discovery Miles 7 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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Battle Studies (Hardcover): Charles Ardant Du Picq Battle Studies (Hardcover)
Charles Ardant Du Picq
R1,066 Discovery Miles 10 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"At what instant has this control escaped from the battalion commander? When from the captain, the section leader, the squad leader? At what time, in short, if such a thing did take place, was there but a disordered impulse, whether to the front or to the rear carrying along pell-mell with it both the leaders and men?

Battle Studies (Paperback): Charles Ardant Du Picq, Roger J. Spiller Battle Studies (Paperback)
Charles Ardant Du Picq, Roger J. Spiller
R662 Discovery Miles 6 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A classic of military thought that merits a place alongside the works of Clausewitz and Sun Tzu, Battle Studies was first published in Paris ten years after the death of its author, French army officer Charles Ardant du Picq (1821-1870). Updated to provide a more complete and accurate biographical and historical framework for understanding its meaning and import, this edition-deftly translated, introduced, and annotated by noted military historian Roger Spiller-offers a new generation of readers the benefit of Ardant du Picq's unique insight into the nature of warfare. Nothing, Ardant du Picq asserts, can be prescribed wisely in an army "without an exact understanding of its ultimate instrument, man, and his morale at the defining instant of combat." Accordingly, Battle Studies, the first systematic exploration of human behavior in the extremities of combat, focuses squarely on the tactical realm its author knew so well. Eschewing grand military theories and strategies, Ardant du Picq draws on his real-world experience, especially during the Crimean War and the Siege of Sebastopol where he was captured, to examine what motivates a soldier to fight, what creates cohesion or disorder, what gives a commander tactical control, and what makes reason give way to instinct: in short, "the essence of the science of combat."

Etudes Sur Le Combat (Ed.1880) (French, Paperback, 1880 ed.): Charles Ardant Du Picq Etudes Sur Le Combat (Ed.1880) (French, Paperback, 1880 ed.)
Charles Ardant Du Picq
R718 Discovery Miles 7 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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