Legacy Books PressReprints and new translations of military books of historical importance, either as primary sources or reference books.
By Sir Ian Hamilton.
332 pages
ISBN: 978-1927537-61-9
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In 1904 war erupted between Russia and Japan, fought with trenches, machine guns, barbed wire, and artillery. Military attachés from around the world flocked to the battlefield to observe and record what they saw. Leading the British military mission to the Japanese Army was Sir Ian Hamilton, whose diary provides an intimate portrait at the world of the military attaché and the world’s first look at the horrors of modern warfare.
In this first volume, Hamilton describes his arrival in Manchuria, his experiences with the Japanese First Army, and the battles of the Yalu, the Motien Pass, Yoshirei, and the retreat from Penlin.
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438 pages
ISBN: 978-1927537-55-8
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Facing the threat of a new war with Imperial Germany, the French army began crafting a new military doctrine. Drawing on the skills, theories, and experience of military officers such as Louis Loyzeau de Grandmaison and Joseph Joffre, it would have to be powerful yet flexible, embracing modern technology while not leaving behind fighting spirit, and above all else, aggressive.
Available in its entirety in English for the very first time, this is the French army’s doctrine of 1913 – an attempt to forge a modern doctrine for a modern battlefield, and with which France would face the crucible of the First World War.
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By Louis Loyzeau de Grandmaison
185 pages
ISBN: 978-1927537-51-0
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Staff officer, author, reformer – Louis Loyzeau de Grandmaison was one of France’s foremost military thinkers prior to the Great War. Facing him was the ultimate challenge: how to win a war in the 20th Century.
A key text in what would become known as the Cult of the Offensive, this is Grandmaison’s attempt to implement the lessons of the Boer and Russo-Japanese wars – to find a way for infantry to survive on a battlefield governed not by rifles and bayonets, but by trenches, barbed wire, and machine guns.
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By Joseph Joffre
Translated by Robert B. Marks
478 pages
ISBN: 978-1-927537-65-7
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Among France’s generals of the First World War, Marshal Joseph Joffre stands as one of the most accomplished and controversial. Starting his tenure as Generalissimo by modernizing the French Army, he presided over the dramatic victory at the Battle of the Marne that saved France…and the unrelenting slaughter in the trenches that followed.
In this first volume, Joffre takes command of the French Army and races to prepare it for the war to come. Then, as the German Army crosses the border and advances towards Paris, he rallies his forces and allies for one of the most dramatic moments in modern military history.
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By Sir Ian Hamilton
352 pages
ISBN: 978-1927537-63-3
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In 1904 war erupted between Russia and Japan, fought with trenches, machine guns, barbed wire, and artillery. Military attachés from around the world flocked to the battlefield to observe and record what they saw. Leading the British military mission to the Japanese Army was Sir Ian Hamilton, whose diary provides an intimate portrait at the world of the military attaché and the world’s first look at the horrors of modern warfare.
In this second volume, Hamilton witnesses the battles of Liaoyang and Shaho, journeys through the carnage at Port Arthur, and receives an offer he can’t refuse.
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By Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke
Edited by Eliza von Moltke
378 pages
ISBN: 978-1927537-57-2
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Leading the German Army at the beginning of the First World War was Moltke the Younger – an officer who had risen through the ranks to become Chief of the German General Staff during the Europe’s long peace of 1871-1914. As his career developed, he spent time as a surveyor, climbing mountain trails with his uncle, Moltke the Elder, and became a close friend of Kaiser Wilhelm II. When he died in 1916, his wife was left with years of letters and documents.
Originally edited and published in 1922 by Moltke’s wife Eliza to redeem her husband’s reputation, this is far more than a defence of German strategy. It is an intimate and personal look at the world of the European military officer during the long peace, seen through the eyes of the man who would be tasked with ending it.
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By C.E. Callwell, with a Preface by Marshal Foch
438 pages
ISBN: 978-1927537-59-6
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Sir Henry Wilson (1864-1922) was a key figure in the preparation of the British Empire for the First World War. A Protestant Irishman who was as comfortable dealing with politicians as he was soldiers, he was a key figure in the creation of the British Expeditionary Force and its preparations to fight alongside the French in a European conflict. He was also mistrusted by his peers as being more politician than soldier, and the first Field-Marshal – and the last political leader – to be assassinated in Great Britain.
Covering his youth to mid-1917, this first volume looks at Wilson’s early years in the British Army, his preparations as the Director of Military Operations, and his work with the General Staff on the Western Front.
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By John Charteris
407 pages
ISBN: 978-1927537-50-3
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From the beginning of the First World War, John Charteris was Sir Douglas Haig’s Intelligence officer. His duties ranged from predicting German intentions to dealing with visiting VIPs to meeting with journalists – making him a vital part of Haig’s strategic planning on the Western Front.
In this new edition of the 1931 classic memoir, Charteris provides one of the most personal accounts of British command on the Western Front. Witty, funny, insightful, heartbreaking, and chilling, this is a close look at a war in which success was measured less by the capture of ground than by the taking of enemy lives.
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By Hermann von Kuhl
349 pages
ISBN: 978-1927537-49-7
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In August 1914 the German army invaded France via Belgium. The invasion was a desperate gamble – if Germany could not defeat France within a few weeks, there would be no hope of victory. Marching with the German army’s spearhead was Hermann von Kuhl, Chief of Staff for the First Army and a devotee of the creator of the original invasion plan.
More than just a history, this is a vigorous defence of the Schlieffen Plan and German army by one of its leaders – and a damning condemnation of the High Command that led it to defeat.
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By William Balck
300 pages
ISBN: 978-1-927537-69-5
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Contrary to popular belief, the Western Front of the First World War was far from static. As both sides struggled to get the upper hand, they developed new tactics and technologies, pushing warfare to ever more terrifying and lethal heights.
Written by an internationally renowned expert on tactics and one of its generals, this is a definitive exploration of the Imperial German Army’s art of war, from the trenches of France to the expanse of Eastern Europe to the Italian Alps.
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