{"product_id":"2940148982807","title":"A NEW ANALYTICAL COMPEND OF THE PRINCIPAL COMBINATIONS OF STRATEGY, OF GRAND TACTICS AND OF MILITARY POLICY","description":"\"The summary of the art of war, which 1 submit to the\u003cbr\u003epublic, was written originally for the instruction of an\u003cbr\u003eaugust prince, and in view of the numerous additions\u003cbr\u003ewhich I have just made to it, I flatter myself that it will be\u003cbr\u003eworthy of its destination. To the end of causing its object to\u003cbr\u003ebe better appreciated, I believe it my duty to precede it by a\u003cbr\u003efew lines upon the present state of the theory of war« I\u003cbr\u003eshall be forced to speak a little of myself and my works; I\u003cbr\u003ehope I shall be pardoned for it, for it would have been\u003cbr\u003edifficult to explain what I think of this theory, and the part\u003cbr\u003ewhich I may have had in it, without saying how I have\u003cbr\u003econceived it myself.\u003cbr\u003eAs I have said in my chapter of principles, published\u003cbr\u003eby itself in 1807, the art of war has existed in all time, and\u003cbr\u003estrategy especially was the same under Caesar as under\u003cbr\u003eNapoleon. But the art, confined to the understanding of\u003cbr\u003egreat captains, existed in no written treatise. The books\u003cbr\u003eall gave but fragments of systems, born of the imagination\u003cbr\u003eof their authors, and containing ordinarily details the most\u003cbr\u003eminute (not to say the most puerile), upon the most\u003cbr\u003eaccessory points of tactics, the only part of war, perhaps,\u003cbr\u003ewhich it is possible to subject to fixed rules,\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-The Author","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075397566704,"sku":"2940148982807","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148982807_p0.jpg?v=1763710503","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148982807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}