Technique of modern tactics by P. S. Bond and Michael Joseph McDonough
"Technique of modern tactics" by P. S. Bond and Michael Joseph McDonough is a military training manual written in the early 20th century. It studies practical troop-leading and minor tactics across all arms, aiming to equip officers to plan, move, protect, fight, and supply forces. The work consolidates U.S. Army doctrine and Leavenworth instruction into usable principles and procedures, covering everything from field orders, patrolling, and guards to artillery, cavalry, fortification, logistics,
and the emerging roles of aircraft and motor transport. The opening of the manual explains its broad adoption across U.S. military schools and its revision to reflect contemporary regulations, then sets out its purpose: to spread sound, practical instruction in tactics beyond service schools. The preface argues for national preparedness, universal service, and professional training, urging older officers to develop the initiative, judgment, and systematic habits of younger leaders through problems, terrain exercises, war games, and study—illustrated by Von Moltke’s “blackboard” anecdote. It clarifies that the volume is a compact guide to the applicatory method, not a substitute for official manuals, and focuses chiefly on organized, open-field warfare while still offering specific, illustrative figures where helpful. At the start of the text proper, it outlines the contemporary organization of the U.S. Army—from corps, divisions, and brigades down through infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, and signal units, their staffs and trains—and provides concise tables of war strength, road space, and camp areas for planning purposes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bond, P. S. (Paul Stanley), 1879-1955 |
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| Author | McDonough, Michael Joseph, 1877-1921 |
| Title | Technique of modern tactics |
| Edition | Third edition, revised and enlarged. |
| Original Publication | Menashs: George Banta Publishing Co, 1919. |
| Credits | Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | U: Military science |
| Subject | Tactics |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77863 |
| Release Date | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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