Editing J. F. C. Fuller (section)

===''Lectures on Field Service Regulations III'' (1932)===
Fuller also had a knack for [[aphorisms]], witness: "To attack the nerves of an army, and through its nerves the will of its commander, is more profitable than battering to pieces the bodies of its men."<ref name=mwimw>{{Cite web |publisher=Modern War Institute |first=Paul |last=Barnes |url=https://mwi.usma.edu/maneuver-warfare-reports-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/ | title=Maneuver Warfare: "Reports of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated" | date=9 March 2021 }}</ref> His ''Lectures'' have attracted much attention over the course of decades, with one staff writer even going so far as to extend his vision of the tank as "master-weapon" to say that the helicopter not the tank would be the chief determinant of success on the battlefield from the late 20th century.<ref name="coroalles88">{{cite news |last1=Coroalles |first1=Anthony M. |title=Lectures on FSR III Revisited: The Tactical Thought of J.F.C. Fuller Applied to Future War |work=Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA191435.pdf |publisher=School of Advanced Military Studies U.S. Army Command and General Staff College |date=4 January 1988}}</ref>

The book was carefully read by General [[Heinz Guderian]] of later [[Blitzkrieg]] fame and at the time Germany's foremost tank expert. The [[Soviet Army]] initially issued 30,000 copies of it and designated it as a table book for all Red Army officers. Later, the Soviets increased publication to 100,000 volumes. In Czechoslovakia, it became the standard reference for the teaching of mechanized warfare at their staff college. Ironically, in Britain only 500 copies were sold by 1935 while in the United States, the [[Infantry Journal]] received a copy at the time of publishing but failed to review it.<ref name=coroalles88/>