Napoleon on the Art of War Quotes

“In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it.”
― Jay Luvaas, Napoleon on the Art of War

“When your army is inferior in numbers, inferior in cavalry and in artillery, a pitched battle should be avoided. The want of numbers must be supplied by rapidness in marching; the want of artillery by the character of the maneuvers; the inferiority in cavalry by the choice of positions. . .”
― Jay Luvaas, Napoleon on the Art of War

“The foremost quality of a commander is to keep a cool head, to receive accurate impressions of what is happening, and never fret or be amazed or intoxicated by good news or bad. The”
― Jay Luvaas, Napoleon on the Art of War

“Every commander responsible for executing a plan that he considers bad or disastrous is criminal: he must point out the flaws, insist that it be changed, and at last resort resign rather than be the instrument of the destruction of his own men. Every”
― Jay Luvaas, Napoleon on the Art of War