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The Art of War, by Baron Henri de Jomini
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Title: The Art of War
Author: Baron Henri de Jomini
Release Date: September 28, 2004 [EBook #13549]
Language: English
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THE ART OF WAR
BY
BARON DE JOMINI,
GENERAL AND AID-DE-CAMP OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.
A New Edition, with Appendices and Maps.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH
BY
Capt. G.H. MENDELL,
CORPS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY,
AND
Lieut. W.P. CRAIGHILL,
CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY.
Originally published in 1862
PREFACE.
In the execution of any undertaking there are extremes on either hand which are alike to be avoided. The rule holds in a special manner in making a translation. There is, on the one side, the extreme of too rigid adherence, word for word and line for line, to the original, and on the other is the danger of using too free a pen. In either case the sense of the author may not be truly given. It is not always easy to preserve a proper mean between these extremes. The translators of Jomini's Summary of the Principles of the Art of War have endeavored to render t