Military Studies

ISBN: 9781330012475 出版年：2016 页码：260 Frederic Louis Huidekoper Forgotten Books

Make offensive war like Alexander, Hannibal, Cæsar, Gustavus Adolphus, Turenne, Prince Eugene and Frederick. Read, re-read the history of their eighty-three campaigns. Model yourself on them. It is the only way to become a great captain and to master the secrets of the art. Your genius thus enlightened will make you reject the maxims opposed to those of these great men. - Napoleon, Notes sur l'Art de la Guerre.Reading and Discourse are requisite to make a Souldier perfect in the Art Military, how great soever his practical knowledge may be. - Monk, Duke of Albemarle, Observations on Military Affairs.There is no genius like the genius of labor; there is no reward like that which comes from energy, system and perseverance. - R. W Johnson, A Soldier's Reminiscences in Peace and War.