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Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9780300082708
ISBN: 0300082703
Label: Yale University Press
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: April 01, 2000
Publisher: Yale University Press
Studio: Yale University Press
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Editorial Review:
Drawing on memoirs, diaries, and letters of the time, this lively book explores what it was like to be a soldier on a Napoleonic battlefield. It considers the role of the artillery, infantry, and cavalry; the plight of the wounded; the way victories were decided; the mechanics of musketry, artillery, and cavalry charges; and much more.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Burdensome and Inefficient in Some Ways, Helpful in Others
I give it five stars only for its unique and thorough general focus and the likelihood that military men will like it more than I for technical reasons. However, I only think it will confirm their common sense on the subject already. Perhaps it will add the most value to undergraduates of Sandhurst and West Point.
I bought and labored on this book because I wanted a coherent way to understand the nature of battle in the Napoleonic Age. There is depth, but not vision from this book. ... Read More
Rating:  - Somewhat Flawed But Well Worth Reading
Perhaps better named, "Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Peninsula War", as the focus is on the British Peninsula experience, supposedly due to a lack of sources elsewhere. The author provides a good analysis of why Wellington was victorious, and he gives a good discussion of light infantry tactics also. Throughout the book psychological factors in battle are always highlighted. The examples given concerning infantry tactics are very useful but somewhat confusing without maps, and it ... Read More
Rating: - A worthwhile read of the Napoleonic Era.
I found this book to be an enjoyable read not just research. I am currently in the process of rewriting a set of Musket Era wargame rules, to which I am co-author. Along with Philip Haythornthwaite's two volumes, "Napoleonic Cavalry" and "Napoleonic Infantry", I found this volume to be very helpful in understanding the ebb and flow of the battlefield.
Muir reinforced a theory that I had been formulating as to the importance of morale to the cohesion of a unit and that morale is the factor ... Read More
Rating:  - An Extended Version of the Face of Battle
Rory Muir's "Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon" is in many respects an extended version of the chapter on Waterloo in John Keegan's "The Face of Battle." Muir, the author of an excellent study of the Battle of Salamanca, draws on a variety of sources to describe how the combat arms of infantry, artillery, and cavalry accomplished their missions on the battlefields of the Napoleonic age. His book also provides insights into the human aspects of battle in that age, including the ... Read More
Rating:  - Questionable Sources, Good Contrast to Keegan's
In Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon Rory Muir explores what it's like to be a soldier during the Napoleonic wars. The book is divided into four parts. Part I describes the solder's feelings and reactions as they are about to face battle and on the battlefield. Part II describes the interaction between different sections of an army - artillery, infantry, light infantry, infantry combat (musketry, hand-to-hand combat, bayonets) and cavalry (cavalry vs. cavalry, cavalry vs. artillery, ... Read More
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