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

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• Trade-Off
  These kinds of books are always such a trade-off. It's great to see a book (or in this case an entire series) that combines several classics for an particular field of study. In this case we are talking about military theory. Clausewitz and Jomini are two of the all-time greats, and here we have both of them squeezed between a single pair of covers! It seems any armchair general's wet dream. Until one actually goes looking between those covers and realizes the tradeoff.
  The problem with these sorts of... more info

• Three Military Classics? Wonderful!~
  This volume contains three of the most influential military classics written in the nineteenth century: du Picq's "Battle Studies"--An established authority on the effect of moral force on battle; Clausewitz's "Principles of War"--Few books have had so great an effect on the destiny and welfare of the world; and Jomini's "Art of War"--Teaches Napoleonic doctrine, which has exerted a strong influence on the development of modern military thought.
  Accompanying the texts are the introductions that... more info

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