Manifest Destiny's Underworld: Filibustering in Antebellum America (review)

guerre, and Précis de l’art de la guerre. The Guerres de la révolution was ultimately published separately (15 vols., 1818), and a biography of Napoleon added, then published individually (3 vols., 1827). Jomini’s bibliography (supplied by the author) comprises 138 titles. His Oeuvre consists of five multi-volume works, plus versions of these—revised, refined, expanded, shortened, or extracted and retitled, plus translations and many specialized studies. The author also lists works on Jomini, including fiction, e.g., Journal secret de Napoléon Bonaparte by Lo Duca. Rapin describes Jomini’s L’Histoire critique et militaire des guerres de la Révolution as “une étude monumentale.” In this reviewer’s opinion it is his most valuable work. It is the most detailed account of France’s wars of 1792-97, and its flaws are minor. His Précis de l’art de guerre, on the other hand, supplies rules for combat leaders that leave little room for improvisation, which is the heart of the military art.