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The Art of War is divided into a preface (proemio) and seven books (chapters), which take the form of a series of dialogues that take place in the Orti Oricellari, the gardens built in a classical style by Bernardo Rucellai in the 1490s for Florentine aristocrats and humanists to engage in discussion, between Cosimo Rucellai and "Lord Fabrizio Colonna" (many feel Colonna is a veiled disguise ...
Machiavelli is primarily known for his political discourses such as The Prince and The Art of War, but he was also a middle-ranking official of the Florentine Republic.His position allowed him access to prominent officials and assemblies, and the opportunity to persuade them to implement his reforms.
Antoine-Henri Jomini. Summary of the Art of War: the Principal Combinations of Strategy, Grand Tactics, and Military Politics (French: Précis de l’Art de la Guerre: Des Principales Cominaisons de la Stratégie, de la Grande Tactique et de la Politique) is a military treatise by Antoine-Henri Jomini, originally published as a complete work in 1838. [1]
Encirclement – Both a strategy and tactic designed to isolate and surround enemy forces; Ends, Ways, Means, Risk – Strategy is much like a three legged stool of ends, ways, means balanced on a plane of varying degree of risk; Enkulette – A strategy used often in the jungle that aims at attacking the enemy from behind.
The principles of war. Auguste Frédéric Lendy. [53] 1855. Considerations on tactics and strategy. George Twemlow. [54] 1858. Elementary history of the progress of the Art of War. James John Graham. [55] 1860. Elements of Military Art and Science. Henry Wager Halleck. [56] 1862. The Art of War. Antoine Henri baron of Jomini. [57] In French ...
Machiavelli, after all, lived at a similar inflection point in history. Florence, one of the great Renaissance republics, was being transformed into a monarchy even at the moment he was writing.
Lynch translated, edited, and provided an introduction of Niccolò Machiavelli's Art of War.While staying true to the original text, Lynch was also able to translate it into modern English to allow the audience to respect Machiavelli's writings on the relationship between war and politics.
The Art of War. The Seven Books on the Art of War online 1772 edition Archived 16 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine; The Art of War, University of Chicago Press, edited with new translation and commentary by Christopher Lynch (2003) The Art of War online 1775 edition; The Art of War, Niccolò Machiavelli. Da Capo press edition, 2001, with ...