Antoine Henri Jomini Quotes


We must strive to restrain the destructive force of war, while recognizing its inexorable necessities


Context

He served as a General in both the French and Russian Armies


Citations

Antoine Henri Jomini, 1779-1869, Swiss General & Military Writer, Quoted in The Laws of War on Land Convention. Oxford, September 9, 1880

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Antoine Henri Jomini
  • Born: March 6, 1779
  • Died: March 24, 1869
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Antoine-Henri, Baron Jomini was a French-Swiss officer who served as a general in the French and later in the Russian service, and one of the most celebrated writers on the Napoleonic art of war. Jomini's ideas are a staple at military academies, the United States Military Academy at West Point being a prominent example; his theories were thought to have affected many officers who later served in the American Civil War. He may have coined the term logistics in his Summary of the Art of War (1838).