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  2. Antoine-Henri Jomini - Wikipedia

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    As one writer rather partial to Carl von Clausewitz, Jomini's great competitor in the field of military theory, put it: Jomini was no fool, however. His intelligence, facile pen, and actual experience of war made his writings a great deal more credible and useful than so brief a description can imply.

  3. Summary of the Art of War - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Principles of war - Wikipedia

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    Henri, Duke of Rohan established his "Guides" for war in 1644. Marquis de Silva presented his "Principles" for war in 1778. Henry Lloyd proffered his version of "Rules" for war in 1781 as well as his "Axioms" for war in 1781. Then in 1805, Antoine-Henri Jomini published his "Maxims" for war version 1, "Didactic Resume" and "Maxims" for war ...

  5. Military strategy - Wikipedia

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    In contrast to Clausewitz, Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779-1869) dealt mainly with operational strategy, planning and intelligence, the conduct of a campaign, and "generalship" rather than "statesmanship". He proposed that victory could be achieved by occupying the enemy's territory rather than destroying a opposing army.

  6. Military treatise - Wikipedia

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    1565. The siege of Malta (1565) was very important from the point of view of military theory and fortification. There is a work that describes the siege. [28] 1577. Theorica y practica de guerra. Bernardino de Mendoza. [29] English translation as Theorique and Practise of Warre (1597) [30] 1582. De jure et officiis bellicis et disciplina militari.

  7. List of autodidacts - Wikipedia

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    He taught himself mathematical logic, psychology, and neuroscience. He was one of the scientists who laid the foundations of cognitive sciences, artificial intelligence, and cybernetics. Srinivasa Ramanujan, a mathematician, was largely self-taught in mathematics. Ramanujan is notable as an autodidact for having developed thousands of new ...

  8. Military logistics - Wikipedia

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    It was in this sense that Antoine-Henri Jomini referred to the term in his Summary of the Art of War (1838). In the English translation, the word became "logistics". [4] In 1888, Charles C. Rogers created a course on naval logistics at the Naval War College.

  9. List of military writers - Wikipedia

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    Antoine Henri Jomini – General, wrote on the Napoleonic Wars including Precis de l'Art de la Guerre (Precis on the Art of War) and Traité des grandes opérations militaires (Treatise on Grand Military Operations) Josephus – The Wars of the Jews; Ernst Jünger – Storm of Steel