Ardant du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Joseph 1821-1870 creator Cotton, Robert Christie 1885-1952 Greely, John N. (John Nesmith) 1885-1965 text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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 Original publication data not identified Military art and science Battles U Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7294 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7294 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133205.0 7294