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Frederick the Great on the art of war / edited and translated by Jay Luvaas.
LIBRA Special DD405.33 .F7413 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections. English. 1998
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786--Military leadership.
- Frederick.
- Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
- Military art and science--Germany--Prussia--History--18th century.
- Military art and science.
- Military education--Germany--Prussia--History--18th century.
- Military education.
- Strategy.
- History.
- Command of troops.
- Prussia (Germany)--History, Military--18th century.
- Prussia (Germany).
- Strategy--History--18th century.
- Germany--Prussia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Military history.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 391 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Da Capo Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- Frederick the Great (1712-1786), King of Prussia, initiated the Seven Years' War in 1756; outfought the formidable French, Russian, and Austrian armies aligned against him; and established Prussia as a major power, thereby decisively influencing the next two centuries of European history. He was also a brilliant military thinker whose observations arose from extensive battlefield experience.
- This volume presents a balanced selection from Frederick's writings on strategy, tactics, and mobility; the problems of logistics and a two-front war; the combined use of infantry, cavalry, and artillery; the history of the Prussian army; the critical battles of the Seven Years' War; generalship as an art; and much more. A majority of this material is translated here for the first time in English and available nowhere else. The result is an invaluable glimpse into the inner thoughts of a military genius.
- Notes:
- Excerpts from Frederick II's military writings.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-378) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0306809087
- 9780306809088
- 0306808617
- 9780306808616
- OCLC:
- 38853919
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- Publisher description
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