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Friday, 17 January 2025
Kabinettskriege
Here for Alex's blog. Alex is the author of the below book this is to introduce his work.
Infantry in Battle 1733-1783
From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 series now available!
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Infantry in Battle rewrites the story of combat in the eighteenth century by placing enlisted infantrymen and their experiences at centre stage. While popular memory and film portray these men as robotic automata they fought in flexible and adaptable ways, and they left their mark on eighteenth-century warfare.
In Infantry in Battle, Dr Alexander S. Burns provides a new understanding of combat during the mid-eighteenth century: the pivotal period between 1733 and 1783. Professor Burns arguesthat eighteenth-century soldiers informally negotiated authority with their officers on the battlefield by firing without orders, firing at longer ranges than their officers preferred, and by taking cover on the battlefield. In this process, these enlisted men played an important role by asserting tactical reforms from below.
Infantry in Battle is grounded in archival research on the American, British, and Prussian armies. However, it also covers the armies of military Europe more broadly, and includes writings from Austrian, French, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish soldiers. It is also the first English-language book to utilize archival material on battles from the War of Polish Succession in Northern Italy.
Infantry in Battle is a scholarly monograph, but one written with a popular audience in mind. Like his mentor, the late Christopher Duffy, Professor Burns has longstanding connections to professional military education as well as wargamers and reenactors. Cutting through myth, we see motivated enlisted men who were capable of adapting their tactics to the needs of the battlefield, rather than terrorized automata firmly controlled by their officers.
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The American researcher Alexander Burns is of a new generation, thoroughly at home with European archives and culture.’ Christopher Duffy
Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Prince August Seven Years War Britain
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
The history of the late Rebellion:
with original papers, and the characters of the principal noblemen and gentlemen concern'd in it. By the Reverend Mr. Robert Patten. ... - The second edition, with large additions. 1717
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