Lot no. 97
GAULLE Charles de.
Autograph draft of 6 letters, [ca. 5 March 1925]; 5 fol. pages (lower and upper edges slightly frayed).
Drafts of letters to send his studies.
To Joseph Paul-Boncour, sending him his "study on the bases of our doctrine of war"...
To Marshal Pétain, sending him "the 1st chapter of Le Soldat [à travers les âges]. It will enable you to assess whether or not I am on the right track, whether the spirit, genre and style meet your intentions", and outlining a plan for the work...
To Reginald Kann, sending him his "study on the bases of our doctrine of war", in which he expresses "the concerns of a certain number of officers, including myself, about the excessively dogmatic and absolute direction that our high military thinking is once again taking"; he denounces the "excessive dogmatism" of the teaching at the École Supérieure de Guerre... (LNC, I, p. 604).
To a general and a colonel, sending them his study on military doctrine... To a general, commenting on a colonel's brochure.
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