Excerpt from Principles of Strategy With Historical Illustrations
On the reopening of The General Service Schools in September, 1919, and my return to my former position as Instructor in Strategy and Military History, I found that a desire had developed among American officers for American text-books.
To meet this expressed desire and to write a text-book that could be available during the course, I merely had an opportunity to assemble the notes I had used in the past, supplementing them with such reference to The World War as the time would permit.
Many of the illustrations used have been taken from our own Civil War. In some cases, illustrations from other text-book writers have been adopted. These illustrations have been verified and in many cases amplified.
In general, the form of von der Goltz"s Conduct of War, which had been used in these schools as a text-book, has been followed. The introduction, and Chapter V, in so far as it deals with the German and French mobilizations of 1866-1870, have been taken largely from Derrecagaix"s Modern War. The chapter on Finance follows closely Cordonnier"s The Japanese in Manchuria.
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