Strategy Six Pack: The Art of War, The Gallic Wars, Life of Charlemagne, The Prince, On War and Battle Studies

“War is merely the continuation of politics by other means.” - Clausewitz.

Strategy Six Pack brings together six essential texts for military theorists:

Machiavelli’s The Prince

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Battle Studies by Ardant du Picq

Einhard’s Life of Charlemagne

Julius Caesar’s The Gallic Wars

On War by Carl von Clausewitz

Each work has been newly revised and expertly edited with notes, images and a table of contents. Centuries of tactical wisdom distilled. Military Science has never been more thoroughly represented in one single volume.

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” - Sun Tzu.

Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher who lived in the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. He has had a significant impact on Chinese and Asian history and culture, both as the author of ‘The Art of War’ and as a legendary historical figure.

Gaius Julius Caesar (d. 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, Consul, and notable author of Latin prose.

Einhard (c. 770-840) was a Frankish scholar and courtier. He was a dedicated servant of Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469-1527) was a Florentine historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer during the Renaissance.

Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the psychological and political aspects of war. His most notable work, On War, was unfinished at his death. Clausewitz was a realist who drew heavily on the rationalist ideas of the European Enlightenment.

Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq (1821-1870) was a French Army officer and military theorist of the mid-19th century whose writings later had a great effect on French military theory and doctrine.