Distinguished Swiss officer in French service and later
in Russian Army. Prolific writer on Napoleon's campaigns and the art of war.
Began the systematic study of war.
September 2009
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Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center
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Antoine Henri Jomini.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-thry.htm#jomini
Several items available at AWC gateway to the internet.
Bassford, Christopher. Jomini and Clausewitz: Their
Interaction. February 26, 1993.
Available online at: http://www.clausewitz.com/readings/Bassford/Jomini/JOMINIX.htm
Curtis, Vincent J. Jomini on Battlefield Tactics. Army
Doctrine and Training Bulletin December 2002.
Available online at:
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-118614301/jomini-battlefield-tactics.html
Please note: A call number beginning with "R" denotes a
reference book.
Addington, Larry H. The Patterns of War since the
Eighteenth Century.
Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1984. 318 p.
Jomini, pp 40-41.
Book call no.: 355.00903 A224p
Beringer, Richard E. and others. Why the South Lost the
Civil War. Athens, University of Georgia Press, 1986. 582 p.
See index under Jomini for appropriate page references.
Book call no.: 973.713 W629
Elting, John R.. The Superstrategists: Great
Captains, Theorists and Fighting Men Who Have Shaped the History of Warfare. New York, Scribner's Sons, 1985.
368 p.
See pages 148- 161.
Also see index under Jomini for additional page references.
Book call no.: 355.02 E51s
Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Volume 9.
3rd ed. New York, Macmillan, 1975. 703 p.
Jomini, p 296.
Book call no.: R 037 G786 v.9
Handel, Michael I. Masters of War: Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, and Jomini. London, Frank Cass, 1992.
176 p.
Book call no.: 355.02 H2362m
Hittle, J. D. The Military Staff:
Its History and Development. 3rd ed. Harrisburg, PA, Stackpole, 1961.
326 p.
Jomini, pp 111-115; and 240-247.
Book call no.: 355.33 H63m 1961
Howard, Michael. Theory and Practice of War. New York,
Praeger, 1966. 376 p.
Jomini and the Classical Tradition in Military Thought, pp 3-20.
Book call no.: 355.04 H851t
Jomini, Henri. The Art of War. Novato, CA, Presidio
Press, 1992. 410 p.
Translation of Precis de l'Art de la Guerre.
Book call no.: 355 J68a 1992
Jomini and His Summary of the Art of War,
edited by J. D. Hittle. Harrisburg, PA, Military Service, 1952. 161 p.
Book call no.: 355 J68j 1952
Makers of Modern Strategy: Military Thought from Machiavelli to Hitler, edited by Edward M. Earle. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1944. 553 p.
Jomini, pp 77-92.
Book call no.: 355.09 Ea7m
Makers of Modern Strategy: From Machiavelli to the Nuclear
Age, edited by Peter Paret and others. Princeton,
NJ, Princeton University Press, 1986. 941 p.
Jomini, by John Shy, pp 143-185.
Book call no.: 355.02 M235 1986
Montross, Lynn. War Through the Ages. 3rd ed. New
York, Harper & Row, 1960. 1063 p.
The Writings of Jomini and Clausewitz, pp 581-585.
Book call no.: 355 M76w 1960
Preston, Richard A. and Wise, Sydney F. Men in Arms. 4th ed. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979.
450 p.
Jomini, pp 207-209; and 238-239.
Book call no.: 355.09 P939n 1979
The Sword and the Pen: Selections from the World's
Greatest Military Writings, prepared by Sir Basil
Liddell Hart. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1976.
282 p.
Antoine de Jomini, pp 143-147.
Book call no.: 355 S9792
Vagts, Alfred. A History of Militarism. New York,
Meridian Books, 1959. 542 p.
Jomini, pp 180-185.
Book call no.: 355.09 V17h 1959
Zook, David H., Jr. and Higham, Robin. A Short History of
Warfare. New York, Twayne, 1966. 500 p.
Jomini, pp 168-171.
Book call no.: 355.09 Z87s
Cumbie, Donovan R. The Concept of Command
Leadership in the Military Classics: Antoine Henri Jomini. Maxwell AFB, AL,
Air Command and Staff College, April 1986. 33 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 C969c
Eaton, George Benjamin. Theory, Ideals, and Reality: Military Thought and the Ideal and Real Roles of the Prussian Army, 1830-1871,
or Who Influenced the Prussian Army and Made Them Do What They Did? 1990. 120 leaves.
(Thesis, M.A.-University of Minnesota).
Doc. call no.: M-U 43567-412
Ettrich, Brian B. The Principles of War: Are They Still Applicable? Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School,
June 2005. 99 p. (Thesis, M.A.)
Part II - Background (Discusses Jomini's principles of war and current
conventional warfare), pp 7-30.
Part III - Are Jomini's Principles of War Still Applicable?, pp 31-42.
Also available online at:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA435689
Doc. call no.: M-U42525 E85p
Jones, Francis S. Analysis and
Comparison of the Ideas and Later Influences of Henri Jomini and Carl von
Clausewitz. Maxwell
AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College. April 1985. 51 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 J761a
Kalb, John F. A Foundation for Operational Planning:
The Concepts of Center of Gravity, Decisive Point, and the Culminating Point. Fort Leavenworth, KS, Army Command and General Staff College. April 1987. 47 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 K14f
Mixon, Benjamin R. Concentration of Military Force in
Joint Operations: Applying Theory to Reality. Fort Leavenworth, KS, Army
Command and General Staff College. May
1988. 40 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 M685c
Odum, Wesley. Conceptual Transformation for the Contemporary
Operational Environment. Fort Leavenworth, KS, Army Command and General Staff College, School of Advanced Military Studies, May 2003.
74 p.
Power, Joseph W., III. Jomini: Is He Still
Applicable? Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College. May 1983. 18 p.
Rast, Stephanie A. The Tenth Principle. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College. March 1989. 36 p.
Swan, Robin P. The Pieces of a Military Chessboard: What Is the Contemporary Significance of Jomini's Design of a Theater of
Operations? Fort Leavenworth, KS, Army Command and General Staff
College. April 1991. 60 p.
Aucoin, George C., Jr. Clausewitz or Jomini?
Marine Corps Gazette 72:102-104 August 1988.
Bell, Raymond E. The Validity of the Principles of War. Army 57:20-22 February 2007.
Campbell, John W. Evolution of a Doctrine: The
Principles of War. Marine Corps Gazette 54:39-42
December 1970.
Darrieus, Gabriel. War on the Sea. U.S. Naval
Institute Proceedings 34:95-234; 429-542; 821-888 1980.
Edmonds, J. E. Jomini and Clausewitz. Canadian Army Journal 5, no.2:64-69 May 1951.
Elting, John R. Jomini: Disciple of Napoleon. Military Affairs 28:17-26 Spring 1964.
Handel, Michael I. Masters of War: Sun Tzu, Clausewitz and
Jomini. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings
121:84-85 February 1995.
Harned, Glenn M. Principles for Modern Doctrine from
Two Venerated Theorists (Jomini and Clausewitz). Army 36:10-11+ April 1986.
Harsh, Joseph L. Battlesword and Rapier: Clausewitz, Jomini,
and the American Civil War. Militarv Affairs 38:133-138 December
1974.
Irvine, Dallas D. The French Discovery of Clausewitz and
Napoleon. American Military Institute Journal
4:143-161 Fall 1940.
Lippman, Gordon J. Jomini and the Principles of War.
Military Review 38:45-51 February 1959.
Nitz, Theodore A. Clausewitz and Jomini: A
Conceptual Framework for the Study of Strategy.
Education Journal 20:40-43 Spring 1978.
Roper, Daniel S. Napoleonic Artillery: The Paradigm of Jominian Mass.
Field Artillery, pp 44-45, July-August
1996.
Swain, Richard M. "The Hedgehog and the Fox": Jomini,
Clausewitz, and History. Naval War College Review 43:98-109 Autumn
1990.
"The Fourth section describes the operational environment of Napoleonic warfare that served
as the context for the theories of war developed by Clausewitz and Jomini. While contemporary
doctrine draws from many theorists, these two theorists’ writings continue to dominate the U.S.
Army’s campaign planning methodology" -- Abstract.
Also available online at:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA416081
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 O27c
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-4 P887j
Chapter 3: Jomini on Sustainment, pp 15-19.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-83 R229t
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 S9721p
Periodicals
Provides an examination of the continued validity of the principles of war (Jomini's)from the
past into the future.
Also available online at:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1219086011&sid=1&Fmt=3&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD
"Under Mahan's influence the 19th century American soldiers regarded Jomini as
the foremost interpreter of war."
Jomini, pp 513-516.
Jomini, pp 145-147.
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