| | Foreign Military Studies Office Publications - Mass, Mobility, And The Red Army's Road To Operational Art 1918-1936 |
 | | The Japanese, using the German mission-oriented tactics of Sigismund von Schlichting, seized the initiative, threatened hi flanks and repeatedly forced him to abandon the field after a spirited but inconclusive defense. |
| | Using Conrad von Hotzendorf's memoirs as vehicle to explore the role of the general staff in modern war and preparations for war, the voenspets-genshtabist Boris Mikhailovich Shapcshnikov characterized that role as "the brain of the army." |
| | Svechin praised Sigismund von Schlichting's work because, as opposed to Leer, the German officer began with Moltke's practice and sought to discover what made the Prussian's applied strategy different from that of Napoleon. |
| fmso.leavenworth.army.mil /documents/redopart.htm (13425 words) |
