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JOMINI, Baron De : Precis De L'Art De La Guerre, Ou Nouveau Tableau Analytique Des Principales Comparisons De La Strategie, De La Grande Tactique et De La Politique Militaire

Meline, Cans et Compagnie, Brussels, 1838

A very good copy indeed, ex University library, in 20th century slate-blue cloth, bookplate inside front board, neat small oval cancelled stamp centre title, stamp foot rear endpaper, else a clean tight virtually unread copy of the scarecoriginal edition of thgis important military classic. In 1798 Jomini joined Napoleon Bonaparte's forces, retiring in 1801 after which he wrote a history of the campaigns of Frederick the Great. Jomini rejoined Napoleon in 1804 as a staff officer, but he was transferred as a colonel to Marshal Ney's corps. Jomini participated in the German campaigns (1813), but defected to the Russian army in 1814. Jomini's Precis de l'Art de la Guerre was first published in 1838. West Point cadets and American military officers studied the teachings of Jomini and Carl von Clausewitz (Vom Kriege [On War], 1832) for many decades before and after the Civil War. Their theories are still studied today as they still have some practical applications for modern armies

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