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Battle Studies /
"A new English-language translation of Études sur le combat: ancienne et moderne by French army officer Charles Ardant du Picq (1821-1870). A classic of military thought that merits space in the same pantheon occupied by Clausewitz's On War, it was first published posthumously in Paris in...
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| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Toujours la question essentielle; About This Translation; Part I. Ancient Battle: Introduction; I. Man in Primitive and Ancient Combat; II. Knowledge of Man Made Roman Tactics, the Successes of Hannibal, and Those of Caesar; III. Analysis of the Battle of Cannae; IV. Analysis of the Battle of Pharsalus and Some Characteristic Examples; V. The Dynamics of Morale in Ancient Combat; VI. Under What Conditions Real Combatants Are Made, Etc.; VII. The Purpose of This Study and What Would Be Necessary to Complete It.
- Part II. Modern BattleI. General Considerations; 1. Ancient and Modern Combat; 2. Moral Elements in Combat; 3. Material and Moral Effect; 4. The Theory of the Strong Battalions; 5. Combat Methods; II. Infantry; 1. Massesâ#x80;#x94;Deep Columns; 2. Skirmishersâ#x80;#x94;Supportsâ#x80;#x94;Reservesâ#x80;#x94;Squares; 3. Firing; 4. Marchesâ#x80;#x94;Campsâ#x80;#x94;Night Attacks; III. Cavalry; 1. Cavalry and Modern Weapons; 2. Cavalry against Cavalry; 3. Cavalry against Infantry; 4. Armor and Armaments; IV. Artillery; V. Command, General Staff, and Administration; VI. Social and Military Institutions; National Characteristics.
- Appendix I. Memorandum on Infantry Fire1. Introduction; 2. Succinct History of the Evolution of Firearms, from the Arquebus to Our Rifle; 3. Progressive Introduction of Firearms into the Armament of the Infantryman; 4. The Classes of Fire Employed with Each Weapon; 5. Execution of Fire in the Presence of the Enemy, Etc.; 6. Fire at Willâ#x80;#x94;Its Efficacy; 7. Fire by Rank Is a Fire to Occupy Men in the Ranks; 8. The Deadly Fire Is the Fire by Skirmishers; 9. The Absolute Impossibility of Fire at Command; Appendix II. Historical Documents; 1. Cavalry (Extract from Xenophon).
- 2. Marius against the Cimbrians (Extract from Plutarchâ#x80;#x99;s â#x80;#x9C;Life of Mariusâ#x80;#x9D;)3. The Battle of the Alma (Extract from correspondence); 4. The Battle of the Alma (Extract from correspondence); 5. The Battle of Inkerman (Extracts from correspondence); 6. The Battle of Magenta (Extract from correspondence); 7. The Battle of Solferino (Extract from correspondence); 8. Mentana (Extract from correspondence); Appendix III. Record of Military Service of Colonel Ardant du Picq; Appendix IV. â#x80;#x9C;Extract from the History of the 10th Infantry Regimentâ#x80;#x9D;; Appendix V.A Brotherâ#x80;#x99;s Reminiscence.