Battle Studies
Type: Book

As of November 2026, Battle Studies has been mentioned in one podcast episode on SmartLess (Jul 2025).
Battle Studies is a book by Ardant du Picq, a French colonel, on the cohesion and behaviour of soldiers in battle. The work was never completed, but Du Picq had written many chapters completely and left sufficient notes behind to complete the book. He argued that the central experience of battle was terror and that the core question of tactics was how to have soldier maintain their cohesion and organisation despite that terror.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Jul 2025 on SmartLess |
| Author | John Mayer |
| Published | 1843 |
| Publisher | World Pub. Co. |
| Subjects | Ghost stories, Readers, Ebenzer Scrooge (Fictitious character) |
| ISBN | 9798537477082 |
| Genre | Ghost stories, Readers, Ebenzer Scrooge (Fictitious character) |
Who talks about Battle Studies on podcasts?
Battle Studies came up; the most recent mention was Jul 2025 on SmartLess.
- John Mayer LIVE | SmartLess on SmartLess (Jul 2025)
What is Battle Studies mentioned alongside?
Battle Studies is most often mentioned alongside FDA, Instagram and Berkeley College of Music.
Mentioned together: FDA, Instagram, Berkeley College of Music, Mark Willie, Ricky, Sean Hayes, Akira the Don, Bob Bennett, J. J. Maple, Pandora