Dimensions
140 x 214 x 13mm
In the capstone work of his career, military historian Jay Luvaas brings together in one unprecedented volume the military genius of Napoleon.
Unlike Sun-Tzu or Karl von Clausewitz, Napoleon never wrote a unified essay on his military philosophy. Yet as one of the world's great strategists and tacticians, he sprinkled wisdom throughout his many and varied writings. Jay Luvaas has spent over three decades pouring through the thirty-two volumes of Napoleon's correspondence, carefully translating and editing all of his writings on the art of war, and arranging them in seamless essays.
The resulting book captures the brilliant commander's views on everything from the preparation of his forces to the organisation, planning, and execution of his battles - all buttressing Napoleon's view that "in war there is but one favourable moment; the great art is to seize it."
