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ARC MANOR ARC MANOR The Art of War by Antoine Henri De Jomini Translated by Mendell & Craighill Commentaries by Horace E Cocroft
In 1991 General Norman Schwarzkopf drove Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait using several specific strategies. Schwarzkopf established a temporary supply base in the Saudi Arabian desert to form a base of operations for the U.S. Seventh Corps and then used Marine and Arab coalition allies in a pinning operation against Iraqi troops in Kuwait while the Seventh Corps made a turning movement into the Iraqi rear. Having captured its limited geographic objective the coalition called a halt to the war. Schwarzkopfs strategies came straight from AntoineHenri Jominis The Art of War which is the foundation of professional military education in the Western world. from the new introductionAntoine Henri de Jominis The Art of War is considered by many to be the definitive work on military strategy and tactics. His impact on professional military thinking doctrine and vocabulary is unparalleled by any other military theoretician. Though authors like Clausewitz may be better known to some few can match the breadth of practical advice offered by the man who served both Napoleon and the Russian TsarThis edition faithfully reproduces Jominis seminal work beautifully reformatted and typeset and includes a new introduction and brief chapter by chapter commentary.show more