{"product_id":"2940149053360","title":"Handy War Guide for My Company (Illustrated)","description":"The first part of Captain Hanguillart's little book \"Petit Guide pratique de Guerre pour ma compagnie\" has been incorporated in the new manuals of instruction published for the young recruits of the French army by the official military publishing house \"Librairie Militaire Berger-Levrault,\" the editors of the \"Annuaire officiel de l'Armée.\"[A]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts special value comes from the fact that it was written at the front and is wholly based on the orders which Captain Hanguillart drew up for the instruction of his own company and tested repeatedly through actual experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThus its very omissions are significant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe text as it stands represents essentials.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts every paragraph is a unit of tried advice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt embodies the practical data that has secured results.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt sums up the cautions that have saved lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[6]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the second part, Captain Hanguillart has merely reproduced the French Infantry Combat principles long published in the official manual for the instruction of platoon leaders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn presenting this little work, no claim is made that it is adequate to the complete instruction of company commanders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts obvious supplements are such works as: Colonel Paul Azan—The War of Position.\u003cbr\u003eThe Army War College—Translation of the French Manual for Commanders of Infantry Platoons.\u003cbr\u003eCole and Schoonmaker—Military Instructors Manual.\u003cbr\u003eMajor J. A. Moss—Manual of Military Training.\u003cbr\u003eU. S. A. Infantry Drill Regulations.\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Hanguillart's book should be carefully compared with these. But because of its peculiar origin it has for the officer a value not possessed by other books on this subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt gives what a company commander actually found essential.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFurthermore, it corresponds to the booklets published in France which are placed in the hands of every recruit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery officer should have full knowledge[7] of his specialty, but every private should understand the essential concerns of his officers so as to appreciate orders the more readily.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe army of democracy should be an intelligent thinking army.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch little books have helped to give the French poilu his famed self-reliance and resourcefulness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the hope of the publishers that this translation may help to do the same for his American comrades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe publishers also believe that the book offers just the information needed by civilians to follow intelligently reports of military operations and of life at the front.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe editor has felt it his duty in rearranging the loose notes of Captain Hanguillart to respect scrupulously the text, though, at times, the best way to do so was through a free translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe paragraphs have been numbered and questions and diagrams added to facilitate assimilation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eL.J.A.M.\u003cbr\u003eCambridge, Mass.","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084577751280,"sku":"2940149053360","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149053360_p0.jpg?v=1763711329","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149053360","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}