01822cam a22003493u 4500 7294 UtSlPG 20260610133205.0 m cr n 260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 U Ardant du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Joseph, 1821-1870 Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2005 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Studies Release date is 2005-01-01 Text file produced by Suzanne L. Shell, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle" by Ardant du Picq is an unfinished military treatise written in the 1860s by a French Army colonel killed in the Franco-Prussian War. Based on empirical studies of historical battles, the work argues that moral force—not tactics or technology—determines victory in combat. Du Picq examines the human element in warfare, emphasizing that understanding the soldier's psychology is essential for military leadership. The book became influential at France's war college before World War I. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Military art and science Battles Cotton, Robert Christie, 1885-1952 Greely, John N. (John Nesmith), 1885-1965 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7294 49285 49285