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Jay Luvaas

Born

in Erie County, Pennsylvania, The United States

January 15, 1927

Died

January 09, 2009

Genre

History, Biography, Military History

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A U.S. Navy veteran, Jay Luvaas graduated from Allegheny College, and received a Ph.D. in history from Duke University. He served as the Director of the Flowers Collection of Southern Americana at Duke University Library, and as a long-time professor of history at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He was the first civilian to be appointed as Visiting Professor of Military History at the United States Military Academy. He also taught at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA, where he served as Professor of Military History from 1982 to 1995. Following his retirement, he was honored in 1997 as a Distinguished Fellow of the Army War College. He twice received the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal from the Department of the Arm ...more

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	Napoleon on the Art of War 3.38 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg by Jay Luvaas, Harold W. Nelson (Editor), Leonard J. Fullenkamp (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1987 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guide to the Battle of Antietam by Jay Luvaas (Editor), Harold W. Nelson (Editor) 3.95 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guide to the Battle of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg by Jay Luvaas (Editor), Harold W. Nelson (Editor) 4.03 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1988 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Military Legacy of Civil War: The European Inheritance 3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guide to the Battle of Shiloh by Jay Luvaas (Editor), Leonard Fullenkamp (Editor), Stephen Bowman (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Sea Power in the Old World: The United States Navy in European and Near Eastern Waters, 1865-1917 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1980 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guide to the Atlanta Campaign: Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain by Jay Luvaas (Editor), Harold W. Nelson (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Battle of Bentonville March 19, 20, 21, 1865 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Education Of An Army: British Military Thought, 1815-1940 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1964 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles (8 books)
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Leonard Fullenkamp (Editor),

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“There is no excuse among professional officers for not having a 5000 year old mind.”
― Jay Luvaas

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

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“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

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