Roots of strategy; a collection of military classics
- Bib ID:
- 1737841
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- London, John Lane [1943]
- 242 p. illus. 22 cm.
- Full contents:
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- The art of war, by Sun Tzu, 500 B.C., translated from the Chinese by Lionel Giles.
- The military institutions of the Romans, by Vegetius, A.D. 390, translated from the Latin by Lieutenant John Clarke.
- My reveries upon the art of war, by Maurice de Saxe, A.D. 1732, translated from the French by Major T.R. Phillips.
- Military instructions for the generals, by Frederick the Great, A.D. 1747, translated from the French by Major T.R. Phillips.
- Military maxims by Napoleon, A.D. 1827, translated from the French.
- Notes:
- edited by Thomas R. Phillips.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
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- Phillips, Thomas R. (Thomas Raphael), 1892-
- Sun-tzu, 6th century B.C. Ping fa
- Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. De re militari
- Saxe, Maurice, comte de, 1696-1750. Mes r^everies
- Frederick King of Prussia, 1712-1786. Die general-principia vom kriege
- Napoleon Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. Maximes de guerre
- Giles, Lionel, 1875-1958
- Clarke, John, lieutenant of marines
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- Publication date:
- 1943
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