Marmont on Warfare - An Appraisal of the Military Art by One of Napoleon's Marshals with a Biography of the Author-On Modern Armies by Augu - R P Dunn

Warfare from the perspective of one of Napoleon's marshalsNapoleon Bonaparte, for all his many personality flaws, is generally regarded as a genius of military craft. His innovative grand tactics frequently overwhelmed the generalship of commanders whose understanding of war was founded on ideas from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. None of his generals or marshals were of his calibre in this respect, yet all, by degrees, practiced the art of war in the manner of their master. Those interested,..