GAMELIN, Maurice (1872-1958), French general.... - Lot 84 - Gros & Delettrez

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GAMELIN, Maurice (1872-1958), French general.... - Lot 84 - Gros & Delettrez
GAMELIN, Maurice (1872-1958), French general. He commanded the French Army during the phony war of 1939-1940. Set of 5 documents: -M.A. entitled "Du Raisonnement dans les choses de la Guerre". S.l.n.d. 6 pp. in-folio. Erased, additions and corrections. Very interesting reflection on military strategies. "The theory of the war is not a science. Scientific reasoning is only possible if the same operation can be repeated indefinitely. From the observation of facts one can only draw a law as long as the same phenomenon is repeated when the conditions in which it was manifested are renewed [...]". Long reflections on the study of war illustrated with examples: Rome, Carthage, Napoleon, Frederick the Great and contemporary history: the United States and Cuba, Japan and Korea, etc. -M.A. of a conference on the art of war. S.l.n.d. 2 pp. 1/2 in-folio. Study on the different schools of War. Gamelin details his different schools then criticizes them to arrive at the contemporary school, to go up to "the very essence of the war, to its philosophy". "Allow me, as if I were speaking ex cathedra, to begin with a quotation, not from holy writ but from Clausewitz [Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz (1780-1831), Prussian general and military theorist] [...]. -L.D.S. to Baron Benoist-Méchin with autograph compliment. Paris, March 25, 1938. 1 p. in-8. Preserved envelope. Gamelin thanks Benoist-Méchin for sending his book "Histoire de l'Armée Allemande", with the edifying date of 1938. -L.D.S. to a lady with autograph compliment. S.l., February 20, 1940. 1 p. in-4. He receives "a magnificent shipment of cigarettes" that he will distribute "among the hospitals in the most advanced zone; they will bring a little sweetness to those who have already suffered more particularly for the great Cause that we defend. -A period photographic portrait of General Gamelin, in civilian clothes. Folds. About 24 x 18 cm.
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