A Course of Instruction in the Elements of the Art and Science of War: For the Use of Cadets of the United States Military Academy (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

J. B. Wheeler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0267633912 ISBN 13: 9780267633913

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Excerpt from A Course of Instruction in the Elements of the Art and Science of War: For the Use of Cadets of the United States Military Academy

Any military movement, having for its object an attack upon the enemy, is termed an offensive operation.

Any military movement, haying for its object the await ing of an attack by the enemy, is termed a defensive opera tion.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 0267633912
• ISBN 13: 9780267633913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 67