Ardant Du Picq: 6 books

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...

"The soldier is unknown often to his closest companions. He loses them in the disorienting smoke and confusion of a battle which he is fighting, so to speak, on his own." Although not much is known of his life, Colonel Ardant du Picq (1821 – 1870) 's small corpus of writings has earned him...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents, and Footnotes CONTENTS LETTER FROM MARSHAL FOCH TO MAJOR GENERAL A. W. PREFACE TRANSLATORS' NOTE INTRODUCTION EXPANDED CONTENTS BATTLE STUDIES A MILITARY THINKER RECORD OF MILITARY SERVICE OF COLONEL ARDANT DU PICQ EXTRACT FROM THE HISTORY OF...

Battle Studies is a classic military treatise by Colonel Ardant Du Picq. A table of contents is included.

Du Picq was the first military scientist to write extensively on the psychological aspect of war. Battle Studies: Ancient and Modern Battle was his attempt to delineate empirical truths about warfare by a close analysis of battles. The book was a sensation at the dawn of the 20th Century and continues to be read by military strategists and political philosophers today.

This classic volume, written by an obscure French colonel of a defeated army, offers a valuable account of the defeat caused by the neglect of those fundamental principles necessary for victory.