Friday, September 22, 2023

The Works of Mars (1671)


The Appeal Of Military Culture: It is often our mightiest projects that most obviously betray the degree of our insecurity. The construction of fortifications, for instance . . .—W. G. Sebald, Austerlitz (2001)


Seventeenth-century French military engineer Allain Manesson Mallet recorded his military ideas in a highly successful manual, The Works of Mars (i.e. “the art of war”) in 1671.

 
(Thanks Bruce!)
 


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