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Multiple editions in German and English - this one from the Command and
General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas - 1931, and reprinted by the
U.S. Army War College for study. It is 306 pages and the German edition has 101
maps, but this version lacks the maps.
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Reviewer Comment:
While the book is titled Cannae it is not about that famous victory of
Hannibal over 2 Roman legions plus allies. It is about Anniilation Warfare. The
title is discussed in a brief first chapter as the primier example of the
achievement of Annihilation Warfare. The following chapters are about Frederick
and Napoleon; The campaign of 1866 during the Austro-Prussian War; and The
campaign of 1870-1871 in the Franco-Prussian War.
General von Schlieffen is studying modern warfare in terms of the possibility
to acomplish Annihilation Warfare in modern military conditions. His study is a
contribution to widespread discussion, some vigorous, about this controversial
form of warfare. Several editions of the book, including one that is an atlas
of the maps, are available from various used book dealers and Amazon, but they
are rather expensive. There are also copies of books or articles of the
commentary and discussion. I was given my Xerox edition by the Art of War
Colloquium at the Army War College. It is an interestng read. If I had some
funds, I would buy the map atlas. Study of campaigns and battles really does
demand study of the relevant maps.
But the point of study is the creation of the 'Schlieffen Plan' when he became
Chief of the German General Staff as successor to Moltke. But he was in turn
replaced by the Younger Moltke who was destined to implement the 'plan' at the
opening of World War I. The result was disaster both to the Germans and to the
world. Still, today, annihiltion wafare and attrition warfare are discussed and
confused at theoretical concepts.
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Forward and Introduction
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Chapter I - The Battle at Cannae
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Chapter II - Frederick the Great and Napoleon
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Chapter III - The Campaign of 1866:
The Prussian and Austrian Concentration
The Campaign of 1866 in Germany
The Campaign in Bohemia of 1866 until the evening of June 30th
Koniggratz
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Chapter IV - The Campaign of 1870-71
From the concentration of the armies to the retreat of the French across the
Moselle
The Advance of the Germans to and across the Moselle -The battles of Colombey-
Nouilly, and Mars la Tour
The Battle of Gravelotte-St. Privat
The Battles of Beaumont and Sedan
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