Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic Age, 1792-1815: Equipment, Combat Skills, and Tactics - Hardcover

Bruce, Robert B.; Dickie, Iain; Kiley, Kevin; Pavkovic, Michael F.; Schneid, Frederick S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312375875 ISBN 13: 9780312375874

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 2008

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael F. Pavkovic is Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy at the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He is the co-author ofWhat is Military History? and has published on a variety of subjects in military history.

Rob S. Rice is a Professor at the American Military University, teaching courses on Ancient and Modern Naval Warfare. He has published articles in the Oxford Companion to American Military History andThe Reader's Guide to Military History, and contributed to Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World.

Frederick C. Schneid is a Professor of History at High Point University in North Carolina. He has written several books on European warfare and is Southern Regional Director of the Society for Military History.

Chris L. Scott was Head of Education for the Royal Armouries. He is a member of the Royal Historical Society and the Guild of Battlefield Guides, and has lectured for the British Commission for Military History and the Battlefields Trust. He has written several books on military history, edited the magazine Battlefield, and co-founded The Guild of Battlefield Guides.

From the Inside Flap:

This book describes the fighting techniques used at the height of Napoleon Bonaparte's empire. The book explores the tactics and strategy required to win battles, and describes how the drastic changes in weapons technology and military systems would change the face of the battlefield forever. Using specially-commissioned color and black and white artworks to illustrate the battles, equipment and tacics of the era, FIGHTING TECHNIQUES OF NAPOLEONIC AGE shows in detail how the battles were won that would define Europe for years to come.

Author Biographies: Michael F Pavkovic is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Diplomacy and Military Studies Programs at Hawaii Pacific University. Rob S. Rice is a Professor at the American Military University. Frederick C. Schneid is a Professor of History at High Point University in North Carolina. Chris L. Scott was Head of Education for The Royal Armouries. He has edited the magazineBattlefield, and co-founded The Guild of Battlefield Guides.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0312375875
• ISBN 13: 9780312375874
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256