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Napoleon has said that in war the moral element is to all others as three is to one. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Spiller s introduction, brilliantly contextualizing du picq s pioneering insight, combines with his polished translation and annotations to make this the definitive english version. Pdf battle studies download full pdf book download. A second edition was called for after a considerable time. Ardant du picq battle studies by colonel charlesjeanjacquesjoseph ardant du picq suzanne l. A classic of military thought that merits a place alongside the works of clausewitz and sun tzu, battle studieswas first published in paris ten years after the death of its author, french army officer charles ardant du picq 18211870. Sep 10, 2010 battle studies by charles ardant du picq, 9781169717145, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Ardant du picq s battle studies stands as the first study of human behavior at the sharp end of a modern industrial battlefield. Ardant du pick battle studies free ebook download as pdf file. Charles jean jacques joseph ardant du picq 19 october 1821 18 august 1870 was a french army officer and military theorist of the midnineteenth century whose writings, as they were later interpreted by other theorists, had a great effect on french military theory and doctrine. Battle studies, by colonel ardant du picq project gutenberg.
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