Numer Bibliospisu - L5

Frederick the Great on the Art of War

Sztuka wojny autorstwa Fryderyka Wielkiego w języku angielskim
Wydało Da Capro Press W USA

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (May 7, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 030[zasłonięte]9087
• ISBN-13: 978-[zasłonięte][zasłonięte]68090
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 1 inches

This is a newer translation of the accummulted experience of one of the greatest military geniuses of all time, written to instruct his officers of his principles of warfare. It refelcts an extrordinary attention to detail and planning that would be a good read for many CEO's in today's world. His tactical observations could well be used to instruct cadets at West Point. It reads much like an 18th Century version of a Total Quality Management book one could read today. It certainly gives one an understanding as to why the Germans almost conquered the world several times.


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.