Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic Age Equipment, Combat Skills, and Tactics |
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| Author:
| Schneid, Frederick S.
Bruce, Robert B.
Dickie, Iain
Kiley, Kevin
Pavkovic, Michael F.
Rice, Rob
Scott, Chris
Amber Books Staff, |
| Series title: | Fighting Techniques Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-312-37587-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press
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| Imprint: | Thomas Dunne Books |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic World explores the tactics and strategy required to win battles with the technology available during the Napoleonic period (1789-1815), and points out how the development of such weapons technology changed the face of the battlefield. Divided into five sections it highlights:
- Individual components of the armies: the foot soldier, the cavalryman and the artilleryman, the equipment they wore and used, and how they fought...
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Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic World explores the tactics and strategy required to win battles with the technology available during the Napoleonic period (1789-1815), and points out how the development of such weapons technology changed the face of the battlefield. Divided into five sections it highlights:
- Individual components of the armies: the foot soldier, the cavalryman and the artilleryman, the equipment they wore and used, and how they fought together.
- Technology change, the emergence of military professionalism, and the impact these changes had on the battlefield.
- How units were used together on the battlefield, and strategic positioning of battle units.
- Specialist techniques and equipment developed for artillery.
- Naval warfare, from the ships in which the men fought to the weapons they carried.