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9780312590925

Fighting Techniques of the Colonial Age 1776--1914 Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312590925

  • ISBN10:

    031259092X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-11-24
  • Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $29.95

Summary

An essential guide for military buffs and a comprehensive re - source for a transitional period in military history,Fighting Techniques of the Colonial Ageshows in detail the methods by which European armies gained and lost ascendancy on the battlefields of the colonial era. From the tactics required to win battles in a period when op - ponents were often either heavily mismatched in technology, or employed entirely different strategies to outwit each other, Fighting Techniques of the Colonial Ageexplores this dynamic period of military history in full, covering campaigns including The Revolutionary War , The War of 1812, The Mexican War, the Crimean War , the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War, the Zulu War, the Sudan campaign, the Boer War and the Russo-Japanese War.

Author Biography

ROBERT B. BRUCE is an Associate Professor of History at Sam Houston State University in Texas. He is an internationally recognized authority on the French Army. PHYLLIS G. JESTICE is chair of the History Department at the University of Southern Mississippi. She has contributed to several works on the history of warfare, including Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World. FREDERICK C. SCHNEID is a Professor of History at High Point University in North Carolina. He is southern regional director of the Society for Military History.

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