Ferdinand Foch

Marshal Ferdinand Foch was the highest-ranking French commander during the First World War. This work, published in 1920, is his manual outlining the principles and strategies of war. "Can war be taught? Does its nature allow it to be taught? Are basic questions, which all those engaged in the profession of wars have to ponder. With the exception of the common denominator: the man, no two wars have been the same. In spite of its variable nature war...