Battle Studies Ancient And Modern Battle

Ardant du Picq was an unknown French Colonel. He was defeated and killed in battle. The value of the book lies in the fact that it contains not only the unmistakable forecast of the defeat itself, but a bright statement of those basic principles, the neglect of which led to France's defeat. Napoleon said that in war the moral element is to all others as three is to one. Moreover, as du Picq impressively shows, while all other circumstances change with time, the human element remains the same, ca