author
P. S. (Paul Stanley) Bond
1879–1955
A career U.S. Army officer and prolific military writer, he turned battlefield experience into practical books on tactics, training, map reading, and engineering. His work was aimed at soldiers, cadets, and general readers trying to understand modern warfare in the first half of the 20th century.
1 Audiobook
Technique of modern tactics
by P. S. (Paul Stanley) Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough
About the author
Born in New York City in 1879, Paul Stanley Bond built a long career in the U.S. Army and later became widely known through the many military manuals and instructional books he wrote and edited. Library and archive records connect his name with works on infantry training, military science, map reading, field engineering, and World War I, showing how strongly his writing was tied to professional military education.
Bond wrote in a practical, direct way. Titles associated with him include Technique of Modern Tactics, The R.O.T.C. Manual, Military Science and Tactics, Essentials of Infantry Training, and Map Reading and Military Sketching. Taken together, they suggest an author who wanted to make military knowledge usable, not abstract, whether he was writing for officers, trainees, or interested civilians.
He died in 1955. Surviving archival material, including a diary collection covering the years 1932 to 1952, hints at the long span of service and observation behind his books.