Military art and science -- Early works to 1800

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• The Art of War, by Niccolò Machiavelli, ed. by Jon Roland, trans. by Henry Neville (illustrated HTML at constitution.org)
• The Art of War (in English and Chinese), by Sunzi, trans. by Lionel Giles (HTML at chinapage.com)
• The Art of War (with commentary and links to alternate versions), by Sunzi, ed. by Lionel Giles (Gutenberg text and audio files)
• Boke of the Fayt of Armes and of Chyualrye (Westminster: W. Caxton, 1489), by Christine de Pisan, trans. by William Caxton, contrib. by Honoré Bonet (at page images at loc.gov)
• The Military Institutions of the Romans (De Re Militari), by Flavius Vegetius Renatus, trans. by John Clarke (HTML in Norway)
• Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, Part I (only part known extant of this early edition; with some inserted material; Philadelphia: Printed by Styner and Cist, 1779), by Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Steuben (page images at LOC)
• Sun Tzu on the Art of War, the Oldest Military Treatise in the World (based on the 1910 edition), by Sunzi, ed. by Lionel Giles (HTML at sacred-texts.com)

• His True Art of Defense (spelling modernized and Americanized), by Giacomo di Grassi (HTML at musketeer.org)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Battle Studies: Ancient and Modern Battle (1921), by Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq, trans. by John N. Greely and Robert C. Cotton (Gutenberg text)
• On War (1832 German version, and 1873 English translation), by Carl von Clausewitz, trans. by J. J. Graham (HTML at clausewitz.com)
• Principles of War, by Carl von Clausewitz, trans. by Hans W. Gatzke (HTML at clausewitz.com)
• The Two Maps of Europe, and Some Other Aspects of the Great War (London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1915), by Hilaire Belloc (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Strategic Appraisal: The Changing Role of Information in Warfare (1999), ed. by Zalmay Khalilzad, John P. White, and Andrew W. Marshall (PDF files at rand.org)

• Military Dictionary, by Henry Lee Scott (page images at MOA)

• Battlefield of the Future: 21st Century Warfare Issues (1995), ed. by Barry R. Schneider and Lawrence E. Grinter (HTML at af.mil)
• Chinese Views of Future Warfare, ed. by Michael Pillsbury (HTML at af.mil)

• Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, Part I (only part known extant of this early edition; with some inserted material; Philadelphia: Printed by Styner and Cist, 1779), by Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Steuben (page images at LOC)

• Geschichte der K. K. Österreichischen Armee, ihrer Heranbildung und Organisation, so wie ihrer Schicksale, Thaten und Feldzüge, von der Frühesten bis auf die Jetzige Zeit (4 volumes in 1, in German; Vienna: C. Gerold und Sohn, 1852-54), by Hermann Meynert (page images at HathiTrust)

• Training in Night Movements, Based on Actual Experiences in War (Fort Leavenworth, KS: U. S. Cavalry Association, 1914), trans. by Charles Burnett (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Maxims of Napoleon, by Emperor of the French Napoleon I, trans. by J. A. Manning (HTML at Wayback Machine)
• Military Maxims of Napoleon, by Emperor of the French Napoleon I, ed. by General Burnod (HTML in Norway)

• The Military Institutions of the Romans (De Re Militari), by Flavius Vegetius Renatus, trans. by John Clarke (HTML in Norway)

• Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the 21st Century: Reconceputalizing Threat and Response (2004), by Steven Metz and Raymond A. Millen (PDF with commentary at army.mil)
• Nonlethality and American Land Power: Strategic Context and Operational Concepts (1998), by Douglas C. Lovelace and Steven Metz (PDF with commentary at army.mil)
• Technology and Military Doctrine: Essays on a Challenging Relationship, by I. B. Holley (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)

• Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War, by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot (Gutenberg text)
• Aviation in Canada, 1917-1918: Being a Brief Account of the Work of the Royal Air Force, Canada, the Aviation Department of the Imperial Munitions Board, and the Canadian Aeroplanes Limited (Toronto: Rous and Mann, c1919), ed. by Alan Sullivan (multiple formats at archive.org)

• America the Vulnerable: Our Military Problems and How to Fix Them (Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute, ca. 2002), ed. by John F. Lehman and Harvey Sicherman (PDF with commentary at fpri.org)
• Asymmetry and U.S. Military Strategy: Definition, Background, and Strategic Concepts (2001), by Steven Metz and Douglas V. Johnson (PDF with commentary at army.mil)
• Terrorism in Asymmetrical Conflict: Ideological and Structural Aspects (2008), by Ekaterina Stepanova (PDF with commentary at sipri.org)

• Battle Studies: Ancient and Modern Battle (1921), by Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq, trans. by John N. Greely and Robert C. Cotton (Gutenberg text)
• Decisive Battles of the World (revised edition; New York: The Colonial Press, c1899), by Edward Shepherd Creasy and John Gilmer Speed (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo, by Edward Shepherd Creasy
  • Gutenberg text
  • MS Word and jpegs at books-on-line.com

• Responsibility of Command: How UN and NATO Commanders Influenced Airpower over Bosnia (2003), by Mark A. Bucknam (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)

• Responsibility of Command: How UN and NATO Commanders Influenced Airpower over Bosnia (2003), by Mark A. Bucknam (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
• Sharing Success, Owning Failure: Preparing to Command in the Twenty-First Century Air Force, by David L. Goldfein (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)

• Defensive Information Warfare (1996), by David S. Alberts (PDF at dodccrp.org)

• Firepower in Limited War (second printing, 1993), by Robert H. Scales (page images at Google)

• Armed Conflict in the 21st Century: The Information Revolution and Post-Modern Warfare (2000), by Steven Metz (PDF with commentary at army.mil)
• Defensive Information Warfare (1996), by David S. Alberts (PDF at dodccrp.org)
• Information Warfare and Deterrence, by Gary F. Wheatley and Richard E. Hayes (HTML at fas.org)
• Strategic Information Warfare: A New Face of War (1996), by Roger C. Molander, Andrew S. Riddile, and Peter A. Wilson (PDF at rand.org)
• Sun Tzu and Information Warfare, ed. by Robert E. Neilson (page images at Google)

• Combat Support in Korea, by John G. Westover (HTML at US Army CMH)
• Pure Logistics: The Science of War Preparation (Kansas City, MO: Franklin Hudson Pub. Co., 1917), by George C. Thorpe (multiple formats at Google; US access only)

• Thirty-Minute Talks (second edition; Washington: United States Infantry Association, 1923), by M. B. Stewart and William H. Waldron (page images at HathiTrust)

• Military Geography for Professionals and the Public (1998), by John M. Collins (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Training in Night Movements, Based on Actual Experiences in War (Fort Leavenworth, KS: U. S. Cavalry Association, 1914), trans. by Charles Burnett (multiple formats at archive.org)

• American Strategy: Issues and Alternatives for the Quadrennial Defense Review (2000), by Steven Metz (PDF with commentary at army.mil)
• Asymmetry and U.S. Military Strategy: Definition, Background, and Strategic Concepts (2001), by Steven Metz and Douglas V. Johnson (PDF with commentary at army.mil)
• Command Decisions, by United States Army (HTML at US Army CMH)
• From the Mind to the Feet: Assessing the Perception-to-Intent-to-Action Dynamic (2011), ed. by Lawrence A. Kuznar, Allison Astorino-Courtois, and Sarah Canna (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
• Future War, Future Battlespace: The Strategic Role of American Landpower (2003), by Steven Metz and Raymond A. Millen (PDF with commentary at army.mil)
• Making Strategy: An Introduction to National Security Processes and Problems (1988), by Dennis M. Drew and Donald M. Snow (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
• The National Security Strategy: Documenting Strategic Vision (1995), by Don M. Snider (PDF at carlisle-www.army.mil)
• Principles of War, by Carl von Clausewitz, trans. by Hans W. Gatzke (HTML at clausewitz.com)
• Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War, by Mao Zedong (HTML at marxists.org)
• QDR 2001: Strategy-Driven Choices for America's Security, ed. by Michèle A. Flournoy (page images at Google)
• The Quest: Haywood Hansell and American Strategic Bombing in World War II, by Charles Griffith (PDF with commentary at af.mil)
• Strategic Information Warfare: A New Face of War (1996), by Roger C. Molander, Andrew S. Riddile, and Peter A. Wilson (PDF at rand.org)
• Strategy and the Revolution in Military Affairs: From Theory to Policy (1995), by Steven Metz and James Kievit (PDF with commentary at army.mil)
• Strategy in the Missile Age (1959), by Bernard Brodie (PDF files with commentary at rand.org)

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