A Course of Instruction in the Elements of the Art and Science of War.

Wheeler, J. B.

Published by D. Van Nostrand, New York, 1878

About this Item

Basic manual of military knowledge, including strategy, campaign planning, army composition, marching, battles, positions, attack, defense, patrols & outposts, detachments & convoys, ambush, reconnaisance, foraging, partisans, camps, modern warfare. Bookplate on front end sheet says, "With Compliments of Colonel J.B. Wheeler, Professor of Engineering, U.S. Military Academy." Small hardcover, as pictured. General wear, spine ends frayed, splits to inner hinges, damage (tears & some loss) to rear free endsheet from ill-considered effort to erase old price. Text clean; xiv, pages 6 to 326; a few figures. Size: Duodecimo.

Seller Inventory # 996658

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Course of Instruction in the Elements of the Art and Science of War.
• Publisher: D. Van Nostrand, New York
• Publication Date: 1878
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education
  • Military History