European Armies and the Conduct of War
Edition: 2Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: July 15, 2006
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780415218061
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Warfare & Defence; Europe
First sentence: 'The moderns, who have undertaken to write the history of different wars, or of some renowned Commanders, being chiefly men of learning only, and utterly unacquainted with the nature of military operations, have given us indeed agreeable, but useless productions.'