A manual of military strategy.

"Purchased by the War Department for distribution to the Army."

Fundamental precepts of the art of war --Precept No. I -- Precept No. II -- Precept No. III -- Strategy and tactics -- Theatre of war -- Theatre of operations -- War policy -- Strategic points -- Points of support or pivots of operations -- Pivots of manoeuvres -- Objectives -- Lines of defense -- Strategic lines -- Strategic chess-board -- Bases of operations -- Different configurations of the base -- Strategic triangle -- Strategic front -- Front of operations -- Strategic dispersion or development -- Lines of operation -- Army covering or protecting a province, city, etc. -- Halting-places -- Campaigns of Napoleon -- Lines of communications -- Influence of railways upon military operations -- Plans of campaign -- Strategic combinations -- Campaigns.