Antoine-Henri Jomini served on the staffs of Ney and Napoleon and then spent decades reducing their campaigns to principles. This summary covers the relation of statesmanship to war, military policy, strategy, grand tactics, logistics and the handling of infantry, cavalry and artillery, setting out lines of operation and decisive points in numbered, almost geometric rules.
Translated by two US Army engineers in 1862, it was a key text for American officers of the Civil War era. Download the free EPUB.