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Frederick The Great On The Art Of War
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by Jay Luvaas
Sales Rank: 866885
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 416 pages
Published by: Da Capo Press May 6, 1999
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0306809087
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0306809088
Book Dimensions:
7.8 x 5 x 1 inches
Weighs: 15.2 ounces
Netsurfer Digest 02/29/04
"A rare collection of the words by a powerful man who made a lot of historyeminently worth recommending."
Product Description
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.
Reader Reviews
This book does offer a lot of incite into the mind of one of history's best generals, Frederick the Great. Frederick gives some background into the Prussian army of his father but not much beyond that. His writings on some of the major battles of the Seven Years War are quite interesting, as are some of the details of the formation of the army and how battles and campaigns are to be fought. However, Frederick sometimes gets dragged down in the details and is too repetitive for modern readers. Also, although it is almost needless to say, Frederick shows a fair amount of bias towards his own accomplishments and often doesn't give his opponents or even his father sufficient praise. Overall, though, Jay Luvaas does an excellent job blending Frederick's disorganized writings into one flowing work. He also adds some of his own thoughts and clarifications that aide in the understanding of the book. This is a great buy for anyone interested in warfare from the 17th to 19th centuries as it shows the transition period. Although, if you don't know much about Frederick or his wars, it may be a bit too confusing in the details to start with.
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