Reveries on the Art of WarMilitary Service Publishing Company, 1944 - 122 σελίδες Oversættelse af den sachiske (tyske) general og hærfører Maurice de Saxe (1696-1750)'s lille bog fra 1732 om hans "drømmerier" om krigskunst, krigsførelse, den militære profession, etc. Bogen udkom oprindeligt (på tysk (preussisk) og fransk) efter hans død i 1757, og blev allerede samme år oversat til engelsk. Udgaven her er amerikansk fra 1944, oversat og redigeret af Brig. General Thomas R. Phillips, the US Military Service. |
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