Antoine-Henri, Baron de Jomini (1779–1869)
Autor de The Art of War
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Obras de Antoine-Henri, Baron de Jomini
The Campaign of Waterloo, 1815: a Political & Military History from the French Perspective (2010) 5 copias
Treatise On Grand Military Operations: Or, A Critical And Military History Of The Wars Of Frederick The Great, As… (2010) 5 copias
The Art of War 1 copia
Zarys sztuki wojennej 1 copia
Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon, racontée par lui-même au tribunal de César, d'Alexandre et de Frédéric.… (1827) 1 copia
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- Baron de Jomini, Antoine-Henri,
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1779-03-06
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1869-03-22
- Lugar de sepultura
- Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, France
- Género
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- Switzerland (birth)
France - Lugar de nacimiento
- Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Passy-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, France
- Lugares de residencia
- Paris, France
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- #56,934
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- 4.0
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- 61
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- 4
1) The basic, presumably eternal principle of successful warfare is to concentrate as much force as possible in attacks on key enemy vulnerabilities.
2) Obvious, but easier said than done? The rest of Jomini's work is about precisely how this violent effect may be achieved. But an essential simplifying device is that the enemy will always, in some form or other, present a front line - with its left, right, & centre. The task for the strategist or grand tactician may thus, almost invariably, be boiled down to analyses of whether to concentrate attack on the enemy's centre or on either of his 2 extremities.
With this spare, almost skeletal main apparatus, Jomini works wonders at clarifying the complexity of war & strategy. Time & again, he insists that such simplifying principles do not stand alone as determinants of success. They are more necessary than sufficient - a resource for the already accomplished commander & his forces (but may still, on occasion, prove enough on their own to give one side a decisive edge).
Jomini remains a luminous supplement & corrective to modern military theory's fixation on the "chaos" & "unpredictability" of war. Yet this chaos is a reality too. The very flawlessness of Jomini's abstrations are what makes it perilous, even suicidal, to study him in isolation.
(This paperback edition comprises only Parts I-III of the 1838 original, but features a conscientious modern introduction on the history, reception, & posterior influence of Jomini's work.)… (más)