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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.â€
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.â€
"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?
"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?
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Battle Studies (Paperback)
Charles Ardant Du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Jos Ardant Du Picq
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R773
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"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?
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."
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