Bonnal, H., and Atkinson, C. F. (Translator)
London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1907. Presumed First U.K. Edition in the English language, First printing. Hardcover. 255, [1] pages. Footnotes. Appendices (Bibliography of the Bohemian Campaign, "L'Espirit de la Guerre Moderne"; Note on Terminology; and Note on Organization. Maps in rear pocket (all XXI listed present). Pocket separated from rear board but present. In addition there is another folding map in the pocket, from the Hugh Rees, Ltd. publisher, designated Nap No I and titled General Map to Illustrate the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. In it approximately 22 inches by 15 inches with color. While not listed among the maps, this appears to have been included by the publisher. Cover is worn, soiled, with spine tears and chips. Some page discoloration noted. Pencil marks to text noted. Name of previous owner and date on fep. This is one of The Pall Mall Military Series. Guillaume Auguste Balthazar Eugène Henri Bonnal, born March 27, 1844 in Toulouse and died July 2, 1917 in Paris, was a French general and military theorist. He became a professor of military history, strategy and general tactics at a military from 1892 to 1896, he invented and adopted the teaching method of concrete cases from the study of historical examples. Appointed commander of the École supérieure de guerre in 1901, he was brutally dismissed on June 17, 1902 by a presidential decision, which put an end to his military career. He was the author of numerous publications: historical studies, tactical work, strategy books and instruction manuals for officers. Charles Francis Atkinson was a writer and translator. He wrote English translations of works by Henri Bonnal, Oswald Spengler and Otto Rank, and others. More