- Taschenbuch: 432 Seiten
- Verlag: Osprey Publishing; Auflage: Reprint (23. August 2011)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1849086486
- ISBN-13: 978-1849086486
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 24,4 x 19,2 x 2,9 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
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"Well, all-in-all this is a great buy for the price, and it is certainly a great alternative to getting at least a dozen other Osprey titles separately. As an easily accesible introductory text, every Napoleonic wargamer’s library should have a copy of this book." - History in Miniature, historyinminiature.wordpress.com (October 2009)
"Two of the main strengths of the book are the illustrations and the detailed descriptions of the major armies. The illustrations are well done. If you are a modeler, you will appreciate the detailed, full color illustrations – these include uniforms and types of artillery used by the different national armies. In addition, the inclusion of illustrations showing the different battle formations and movements of the infantry was a good visualization. With regards to the detailed descriptions of the major armies, the chapter’s of the book are generally divided by country. Each chapter has a general overview of the particular country’s army and then sections on the infantry, artillery, and cavalry. You gain a better understanding of the strategies and tactics that each country embraced in the various wars... This book is an excellent addition to any military history library." -Jeff Grim, Collected Miscellany/collectedmiscellany.com (December 2009)
"[Armies of the Napoleonic Wars] covers all the armies that took part in the Napoleonic Wars, including those of relatively lesser-known, smaller countries. The book gives an overview of each army at the start of campaigns, then goes on to provide precise information on the infantry, cavalry, artillery and command structures. There is plenty of detail for those interested in the minutiae of the daily life of a Napoleonic soldier, including his rations, weapons and drill. Just about everything one would ever want to know about the armies of the Napoleonic Wars is included in this book." -Geoff Woods, Toy Soldier & Model Figure
"This book would appear to be as rare as unubtanioum! I have to say that this book is incredible, it is a whooping 432 pages and about 180 or so of the pages are color plates from all major and some minor combatants of the Napoleonic wars! I have been reading the French portion first and specifically about the French artillery of the period today and in reading these 6 pages or so I have learned more about French artillery then I had ever known before!" -RazorOne223, Miniature Wargames Junkie blog (6/11/2010)
"...an excellent primer and serves to whet the appetite ... a lavishly illustrated hardback with text by experts on the armies of the Napoleonic Wars." -Paul Robinson, The Wargamer (February 2011)
"Two of the main strengths of the book are the illustrations and the detailed descriptions of the major armies. The illustrations are well done. If you are a modeler, you will appreciate the detailed, full color illustrations – these include uniforms and types of artillery used by the different national armies. In addition, the inclusion of illustrations showing the different battle formations and movements of the infantry was a good visualization. With regards to the detailed descriptions of the major armies, the chapter’s of the book are generally divided by country. Each chapter has a general overview of the particular country’s army and then sections on the infantry, artillery, and cavalry. You gain a better understanding of the strategies and tactics that each country embraced in the various wars... This book is an excellent addition to any military history library." -Jeff Grim, Collected Miscellany/collectedmiscellany.com (December 2009)
"[Armies of the Napoleonic Wars] covers all the armies that took part in the Napoleonic Wars, including those of relatively lesser-known, smaller countries. The book gives an overview of each army at the start of campaigns, then goes on to provide precise information on the infantry, cavalry, artillery and command structures. There is plenty of detail for those interested in the minutiae of the daily life of a Napoleonic soldier, including his rations, weapons and drill. Just about everything one would ever want to know about the armies of the Napoleonic Wars is included in this book." -Geoff Woods, Toy Soldier & Model Figure
"This book would appear to be as rare as unubtanioum! I have to say that this book is incredible, it is a whooping 432 pages and about 180 or so of the pages are color plates from all major and some minor combatants of the Napoleonic wars! I have been reading the French portion first and specifically about the French artillery of the period today and in reading these 6 pages or so I have learned more about French artillery then I had ever known before!" -RazorOne223, Miniature Wargames Junkie blog (6/11/2010)
"...an excellent primer and serves to whet the appetite ... a lavishly illustrated hardback with text by experts on the armies of the Napoleonic Wars." -Paul Robinson, The Wargamer (February 2011)
Kurzbeschreibung
The Napoleonic Wars saw almost two decades of brutal fighting, from the frozen wastelands of Russia to the wilderness of the Peninsula, and from Egypt to the bloody battlefield of Waterloo. Fighting took place on an unprecedented scale across Europe, and over the entire period of the wars Napoleon led his Grand Armée and his allies against almost every European nation, and against varying coalitions. This book provides a comprehensive guide to all the major armies of the Napoleonic Wars, of France, Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain and Portugal. Covering the changes experienced by the armies over the period, the author details the organization, infantry, cavalry, and artillery of each. With stunning original artwork of the often glorious uniforms worn into battle, period illustrations of the equipment used, and photographs, this is a beautiful and in-depth study of the armies that fought in the Napoleonic campaigns.
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actually it's another British pot-boiler but I just needed it for my own job. Deliver my thanks to the author pleeze; but don't you tell him my opinion. :-)
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Armies of the Napoleonic Wars
10. August 2009
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I wasn't sure about this book at first. It almost appeared as cheesy with all the artwork (original art not period pieces) but then after reading the text, I really enjoyed this book. The fact that the title implies the book is an illustrated history lead me to think the book would depend on the artwork, but that really isn't the case. The text is well written and really helps the reader understand how armies were orgainized during the Napoleonic wars. The French army, for instance, underwent many significant changes under Napoleon's direction. It rose from the ashes of defeat in the mid-eighteenth century to be the foremost land army in Europe, a position is held in the late seventeenth century.
The book goes on to detail each of the major European powers and how their armies were organized and fielded. Each nation did things a bit differently based on several contributing factors, but in the end all the differing styles and politics were blended into a coalition that eventually defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
This book is a must have for any who has an interest in Napoleon or the Napoleonic era. Napoleon is one of those polarizing figures in history that historians cannot get enough of. His charisma, charm, genius, flaws, failures, all capture the immagination. For this reason books on his age will always come forth. It is the book such as this that takes a unique approach to an aspect of the age and analyzes it with precision, and incorporates it into a concise, readable volume such as this. Military historians will also find value in this book as the art of warfare is presented in a way that illustrates the changes armies made from the mid to late eighteenth century then on into the nineteenth century. For example, Prussia's army was a mere shadow of what Frederick the Great had worked so hard to achieve.
This book would be a welcomed addition to any historian's bookshelf.
The book goes on to detail each of the major European powers and how their armies were organized and fielded. Each nation did things a bit differently based on several contributing factors, but in the end all the differing styles and politics were blended into a coalition that eventually defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
This book is a must have for any who has an interest in Napoleon or the Napoleonic era. Napoleon is one of those polarizing figures in history that historians cannot get enough of. His charisma, charm, genius, flaws, failures, all capture the immagination. For this reason books on his age will always come forth. It is the book such as this that takes a unique approach to an aspect of the age and analyzes it with precision, and incorporates it into a concise, readable volume such as this. Military historians will also find value in this book as the art of warfare is presented in a way that illustrates the changes armies made from the mid to late eighteenth century then on into the nineteenth century. For example, Prussia's army was a mere shadow of what Frederick the Great had worked so hard to achieve.
This book would be a welcomed addition to any historian's bookshelf.
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One of the best histories on armies of the Napoleonic Wars
14. September 2009
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This is one of the most affordable books and it is lavishly illustrated books about armies in the Napoleonic Wars. It covers all of the major armies and even a brief description of the minor ones.This one covers the basics of the armies of that period and all of them are well illustrated. In this type of book with this price is realy affordable because I can tell you that illustrated books of this period are usually priced beyound range of the collecter of books on Napoleonic armies or wars.It has all the basics and would go great with any library.
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Well worth the money
8. Januar 2011
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Think of this book as a compilation of the MAA series organized in a fashion you'll not find in any of the individual booklets. Well written, and beautifully bound, with plenty of artwork. This is a general reference and should not be mistaken for anything else but that. There is no original artwork in this volume, but that being said, it is nice to have many of MAA's essential uniform plates all in one place.
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