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Excerpt from Knowledge for War: Every Officer''s Handbook for the Front
The Syllabus is necessarily long and, Owing to the number of Official books and to the0 length at which they deal with the selected subjects, most young officers find it difficult to cover the full course in the short time available. There is also a good deal in the Syllabus which cannot be found in the manuals.
In'' Knowledge for War references are given to the Official manuals for everything in them touching the prescribed course. Since the manuals were written many new ideas and methods have been adopted, especially from the experience gained during the present war. These have been dealt with in pamphlets issued from time to time by the -war Office. As few young officers have access to them, an attempt is made in the present volume to condense all that is necessary within convenient limits.
It must be clearly understood that Knowledge for War is in no way intended to replace the official text books, but should be used in conjunction with them. A copy of the Syllabus, which has been closely adhered to, is printed in the beginning as a guide to the contents of the book.
For obvious reasons more than half the book is devoted to Trench Warfare. I feel that no apology is needed for devoting so much space to this important subject in all its aspects, even though it has meant the exclusion of chapters on Open warfare.
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The Syllabus is necessarily long and, Owing to the number of Official books and to the0 length at which they deal with the selected subjects, most young officers find it difficult to cover the full course in the short time available. There is also a good deal in the Syllabus which cannot be found in the manuals.
In'' Knowledge for War references are given to the Official manuals for everything in them touching the prescribed course. Since the manuals were written many new ideas and methods have been adopted, especially from the experience gained during the present war. These have been dealt with in pamphlets issued from time to time by the -war Office. As few young officers have access to them, an attempt is made in the present volume to condense all that is necessary within convenient limits.
It must be clearly understood that Knowledge for War is in no way intended to replace the official text books, but should be used in conjunction with them. A copy of the Syllabus, which has been closely adhered to, is printed in the beginning as a guide to the contents of the book.
For obvious reasons more than half the book is devoted to Trench Warfare. I feel that no apology is needed for devoting so much space to this important subject in all its aspects, even though it has meant the exclusion of chapters on Open warfare.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
B. C. Lake
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780483173873
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 211
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Contributors
Author
B. C. Lake
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ISBN - 9781332721047
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm
Page Count - 213
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