General tactics
By: by Colonel Lemoine
Contributors: Ecole supérieure de guerre (France); U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Publisher: G.S. Schs.
Published: 1925
Place of publication: Fort Leavenworth, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Campaigns; World War, 1914-1918; Military art and science; Tactics
Notes: At head of title: Ecole superieure de guerre, Course in general tactics and staff work.

Maps in pocket.

"December, 1922"--T.p.

"The Course in general tactics has as object the study of the command of the division and the corps under the principle conditions of warfare...The first two parts of the present course correspond to the conferences of the first year; the third part, to the conferences of the second year."--p. i.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The elements.; title: The elements of the decision of the commander; title: The mission; title: The means of action; title: The terrain; title: The enemy; title: The value of the troops; title: The command; title: General scheme of a decision; title: Pt. 2. The combination of arms.; title: Combination and liaison; title: Defense of a position of resistance; title: Attack of a position of resistance; title: Preliminaries of defensive combat; title: The preliminaries of offensive combat against an enemy in position; title: The development of defensive combat; title: Development of offensive combat against an enemy in position; title: Offensive against an enemy in movement; title: Attack of a fortified front; title: Security; title: Gathering and interpreting information; title: Pt. 3. Maneuver.; title: The problem; title: The elementary combinations; title: Ideas on decisive action and unity of combat; title: Wing maneuvers; title: Central maneuvers; title: Preparation of the maneuver; title: Conception and development of the maneuver.