{"product_id":"9781908556813","title":"The Art of War - an Andy McNab War Classic: The beautifully reproduced fully illustrated 1910 edition, with bonus material","description":"\u003cp\u003e- Introduction by SAS and Gulf War hero Andy McNab DCM MM\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- The 1862 version of The Art of War\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Translated from French by Capt GH Mendell and Lieut WP Craighill\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Contains all of Jomini’s original maps and diagrams\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Beautifully formatted in this Apostrophe Books edition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnown as “the founder of modern strategy,” Swiss military tactician Jomini put his considerable powers into a system to destroy the enemy in the most efficient manner. The result, The Art of War, quickly became a military sensation, with both sides in the US Civil War famously pitting his theories against one another.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJomini promoted the theory of going to war on the map, studying the entire theatre of conflict and concentrating your greatest firepower where it is needed most.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Military science rests upon principles which can never be safely violated in the presence of an active and skilful enemy,” he wrote.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRead Jomini’s renowned work in this beautifully-produced Apostrophe Books edition with an introduction by Gulf War legend and bestselling author Andy McNab – the British Army’s most highly decorated serving soldier when he left the SAS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apostrophe Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137413366000,"sku":"9781908556813","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908556813_p0.jpg?v=1763621571","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908556813","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}