The Science of War: A Collection of essay and lectures, 1892-1903 (From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914)

Henderson presents late Victorian military strategy and tactics as a commanding lens for understanding war's evolving dynamics. Colonel G.F.R. Henderson was one of the great soldier-scholars of the late Victorian British Army: a gifted historian, strategist and lecturer whose writings shaped the professional education of a generation of officers before the First World War. First published in 1905, The Science of War gathers together Henderson’s most important essays and lectures on warfare, strategy, leadership and military thought, written during the final decade of his life. This remarkable volume reveals Henderson at the height of his intellectual powers. Moving effortlessly between theory and history, he examines the nature of strategy, the tactical employment of cavalry, the relationship between morale and firepower, and the enduring principles of command. His studies of Wellington, the American Civil War, Gettysburg and the Wilderness Campaign remain among the finest examples of military analysis in the English language.