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Strategy Six Pack 2 – Cleopatra, De Re Militari, Alexander the Great, Military Maxims, Napoleon and The Rough Riders
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” - Napoleon Bonaparte. Strategy Six Pack 2 brings together six master works for military Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott The Military Institutions of the Romans (De Re Militari) by Flavius Vegetus Renatus Alexander The Great by Jacob Abbott Napoleon Bonaparte by John S. C. Abbott Military Maxims by the Duke of Wellington The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt Each classic text has been newly revised and expertly edited with notes, images and a table of contents. Two thousand years of military science distilled into one awesome eBook. “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” - Theodore Roosevelt.
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402 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 8, 2015
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Jacob Abbott
1,405 books91 followersAbbott was born at Hallowell, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.
He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. He died in Farmington, Maine, where he had spent part of his time after 1839, and where his brother, Samuel Phillips Abbott, founded the Abbott School.
His Rollo Books, such as Rollo at Work, Rollo at Play, Rollo in Europe, etc., are the best known of his writings, having as their chief characters a representative boy and his associates. In them Abbott did for one or two generations of young American readers a service not unlike that performed earlier, in England and America, by the authors of Evenings at Home, The History of Sandford and Merton, and the The Parent's Assistant.
Fewacres in 1906, Abbott's residence at Farmington, Maine
His brothers, John S.C. Abbott and Gorham Dummer Abbott, were also authors. His sons, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott, both eminent lawyers, Lyman Abbott, and Edward Abbott, a clergyman, were also well-known authors.
He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. He died in Farmington, Maine, where he had spent part of his time after 1839, and where his brother, Samuel Phillips Abbott, founded the Abbott School.
His Rollo Books, such as Rollo at Work, Rollo at Play, Rollo in Europe, etc., are the best known of his writings, having as their chief characters a representative boy and his associates. In them Abbott did for one or two generations of young American readers a service not unlike that performed earlier, in England and America, by the authors of Evenings at Home, The History of Sandford and Merton, and the The Parent's Assistant.
Fewacres in 1906, Abbott's residence at Farmington, Maine
His brothers, John S.C. Abbott and Gorham Dummer Abbott, were also authors. His sons, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott, both eminent lawyers, Lyman Abbott, and Edward Abbott, a clergyman, were also well-known authors.
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July 15, 2017
Of the six selections only the last Theodore Roosevelt’s’ memoir The Rough Riders and Flavius Renatus’ (Vegetius) Roman Military instructions, De Rei Militaris come close to delivering on the promise of the Strategy Six Pack books. The remaining selections range from a few pages of random Duke Wellington quotes, 2 juvenile biographies and one bad biography, horribly chopped together. There is almost no value in The Strategy Six Pack Volume 2 for a serious or casual student of history and a major clue than many of the rest of the series will be likewise flawed.
Beginning with the last and best selection. Theodore Roosevelt’s The Rough Riders is the product of an established story teller and writer of history. It is hardly an unbiased version of the US Army in the Spanish American War, at least as far as his adoration of his Rough Riders. About the Army and its failure to plan, organize or run the business of a foreign invasion there is too much scholarship to conclude other than he had it right. That many American’s Remember this unit mainly far what is often taught as a single handed charge up San Juan Hill; none of the error in this national recollection are attributable to Roosevelt. His book clearly states that the assault was on Kettle Hill and that his volunteer unit of cavalry (unmounted) had regular Army units to the left and right. He writes of the Black unit, the 10 Infantry, and of the Black soldier with respect.
Next up in quality is a, some would argue THE Military Manual from Flavius Vegetius Renatus. This was a highly influential book from ancient times, specifically the 4th Century AD. It is the only book in this volume that fulfills the promise that these books will contain foundational studies in military or related thinking.
Two of the books, the Biographies of Cleopatra and Alexander the Great are by 19th Century writer and Minister Jacob Abbott. His name is listed as a source in many of the other books in the Strategy Six Packs. He wrote for middle school children. These may have been decent books for middle schoolers 100 years ago but they lack anything close to serious historical value.
The worst book was written by Jacob Abbott's brother, John S. C. at is best he writes about Napoleon with a sycophantic wonder that makes it impossible to value the writer’s opinion. Worse the book appears to have been published inside out and some number of pages thrown in form one or more other books. I have never read anything so obviously not edited, proofed or otherwise supervised in production. This bio is available as a stand along volume and reviews for it indicate that this is how this biography is usually found. Given that it is a waste of about 100 pages, the publishers of the Six Pack books should have chosen more wisely. Almost any other book chosen would have at least been readable.
Beginning with the last and best selection. Theodore Roosevelt’s The Rough Riders is the product of an established story teller and writer of history. It is hardly an unbiased version of the US Army in the Spanish American War, at least as far as his adoration of his Rough Riders. About the Army and its failure to plan, organize or run the business of a foreign invasion there is too much scholarship to conclude other than he had it right. That many American’s Remember this unit mainly far what is often taught as a single handed charge up San Juan Hill; none of the error in this national recollection are attributable to Roosevelt. His book clearly states that the assault was on Kettle Hill and that his volunteer unit of cavalry (unmounted) had regular Army units to the left and right. He writes of the Black unit, the 10 Infantry, and of the Black soldier with respect.
Next up in quality is a, some would argue THE Military Manual from Flavius Vegetius Renatus. This was a highly influential book from ancient times, specifically the 4th Century AD. It is the only book in this volume that fulfills the promise that these books will contain foundational studies in military or related thinking.
Two of the books, the Biographies of Cleopatra and Alexander the Great are by 19th Century writer and Minister Jacob Abbott. His name is listed as a source in many of the other books in the Strategy Six Packs. He wrote for middle school children. These may have been decent books for middle schoolers 100 years ago but they lack anything close to serious historical value.
The worst book was written by Jacob Abbott's brother, John S. C. at is best he writes about Napoleon with a sycophantic wonder that makes it impossible to value the writer’s opinion. Worse the book appears to have been published inside out and some number of pages thrown in form one or more other books. I have never read anything so obviously not edited, proofed or otherwise supervised in production. This bio is available as a stand along volume and reviews for it indicate that this is how this biography is usually found. Given that it is a waste of about 100 pages, the publishers of the Six Pack books should have chosen more wisely. Almost any other book chosen would have at least been readable.
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