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CANNAE

GENERAL FIELDMARSHAL COUNT ALFRED VON SCHLIEFFEN

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.

 
 

Reviewer Comment:
While the book is titled Cannae it is not about that famous victory of Hannibal over 2 Roman legions. It is about Attrition Warfare. The title is discussed in a brief first chapter as the primier example of the achievement of Attrition 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 Attrition 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.

 

 

 
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