Full Description
This book contains, in a brief form, author's views a to the conduct of the principal strategical and tactical operations of war, and will be found to be a short and convenient introduction to a deeper study of the rules which should underlie the direction of the ever-varying incidents of modern fighting.
Contents
I. The Relation in which War Stands to Society II. The Special Characteristics of War at the Present Time III. The Main Features of the Modern Method of Conducting War IV. The Main Forms of the Conduct of War V. The Offensive VI. The Defensive VII. Reciprocity Between Offensive and Defensive VIII. The Operations IX. Strategical Offensive Operations X. Offensive Tactical Operations XI. Strategical Defensive Operations XII. Tactical Defensive Operations XIII. Operations Under Special Conditions XIV. Influence of Operations by Sea on the Conduct of War
