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Battle Studies: Ancient and Modern Battle

Author: Ardant du Picq
ISBN: 1015754589
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Extended: CAPT, LT, WO2, SGT
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An officer with nearly thirty years’ experience in the Crimea, Syria and Algeria, du Picq was killed leading his men against the Prussians in 1870. This French classic examines the moral force and psychological endurance of soldiers in battle, demonstrating that the human elements of war are eternal factors in defeat and victory. Battle Studies advocates the importance of unit discipline and cohesion, especially important to du Picq as he experienced and analysed first-hand the increasing lethality of battlefield firepower.

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