HENDERSON, Colonel G. F. R., C.B.:
"Stonewall Jackson."
"The Science of War."
NAPIER, Sir William Francis Patrick, K.C.B.;
"History of the Peninsular War."
"OLE LUK-OIE." See SWINTON.
SWINTON, Major-General E. D., C.B.:
"The Green Curve."
TAYLOR, General R., Confederate States Army:
"Destruction and Reconstruction."
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LECTURES ON LAND WARFARE
THE ART OF WARFARE
"The Art of War, like every other art, possesses its theory, its principles; otherwise, it would not be an art."—MARSHAL FOCH.
The Art of War, like any other art, is based upon certain fixed principles, and there is no short cut which hurries the student to his goal. The long and laborious line of study is the only safe way, and there are many pitfalls to be avoided on the road. One of these pitfalls is dug by those who maintain, whenever a new war breaks out, that all previous warlike knowledge must be thrown on the scrap-heap and attention paid only to the problems of the hour. Another is the alluring trap that Warfare is "merely a matter of common sense"; and a third is the oft-expressed idea that knowledge is required of the General, and that compliance with orders is sufficient for the Subaltern Officer.