An Unavoidable Evil
Siege Warfare in the Age of Napoleon
$55.99
- Paperback
162 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2023
Summary
Sieges were the exception, rather than the norm, of the Napoleonic Wars. This simple truth may seem unremarkable to the modern reader, yet it represented a significant shift from the norms of eighteenth-century warfare. The more agile style of campaigning made possible by the invention of the corps system by Guibert, and perfected by Napoleon, inevitably led to strategy shifting towards a focus on climactic, decisive battles. As a result, hundreds of books have been written on the decisive en…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804513453 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804513458 |
| Author: | Zack White |
| Publisher: | Helion & Company |
| Imprint: | Helion & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 162 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 155mm x 234mm |
| Series: | From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 |
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Zack White
Zack White is a PhD Researcher at the University of Southampton specialising in the Napoleonic era. He is presenter of the podcast ‘The Napoleonicist’, and runs the online hub and forum. He has previously written chapters and articles on subjects ranging from the relationship between the Duke of Wellington and his troops during the Peninsular War, to popular attitudes towards the same conflict, and morale amongst British soldiers during the period. He is currently writing on crime and punishment in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. A former secondary school teacher, and inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Romance, Revolution & Reform, White is also the co-presenter of the military history review podcast ‘Khaki Malarkey’, and chairs the British Commission for Military History’s ‘Next-Gen Network’.
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