Excerpt from Foch the Man: A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies Of the man himself and the sixty-three years of preparation which made him ready to save France and her allies, little is known. I do not believe that this is because Marshal Foch considers his years of growth to be no proper concern of the world. He is the last man who could conceivably take such a stand. For no one knows so well as he what the intensive study of other com manders has been to him. And no one knows so well as he what his interpretation of history and military biography has been to those stu dents Of his who have proved such able lieutenants because of their unity Of ideals with their old instructor. His life prior to August, 1914, is what might be called uneventful; yet it is tremendously significant. There is scarcely a page out Of it that does not glow in the light of recent events. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.