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Title: Waterloo 1815: Birth of Modern Europe (Campaign Series No. 15) by Geoffrey Wootten ISBN: 1-85532-210-2 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: May, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Waterloo Campaign
Comment: I enjoyed this book. I dont think it is overly Pro-Brit - the author gives plenty of credit to both French and Prussians where it is due. He also clearly states that without Blucher Wellington could not have won. Its a very good blow-by-blow text of the battle. However, it is also more than that. You get the bonus of the lead up battles prior to Waterloo itself, all done in detail, and an excellent set of battlefield tours at the end. I was really glad I took the book with me when I walked the battlefield some time ago. This must be one of Ospreys biggest offerings in the series, and for the money it really cant get any better than this!! The author goes into a lot of tactical and other precise details that I havent found in other texts, and I thought the 3D terrain map illustrations were superb. You can really see how the battle shaped up. The only thing I would like to have seen was some new uniform plates. The ones here come directly from their men at arms series. That said, there is lots of excellent stuff here, it's very nicely written, and well worthy of inclusion in a collection. I have several titles in the Campaign series, and Waterloo is definitely my favourite so far.
Rating: 4
Summary: The most wrtten-about battle in the history of mankind
Comment: No battle has been more written about than Waterloo or studied by military historians. Nevertheless I enjoyed this book as it was very clear , but as in the case of some of the other reviewers, I agree that there is a strong British bias. The British were close to defeat and it is the Prussian General Blucher who could be called the real victor of Waterloo. I enjoyed the part of the book which described Napoleon's charismatic personality .
Rating: 4
Summary: A must for Napoleanonic era buffs
Comment: The Campaign Series books are on the whole outstanding, and the Waterloo book does not disappoint. There is detailed information on the commanders involved and a nice summary on what happened to the key combatants after the battle. The maps and pictures were great as always in this series. The information detailing the prelude to Waterloo was also outstanding.
My only complaint is that the role of the Prussians in this battle was really down played. Historians in general have given Wellington a disproportional amount of the credit for the allied success in this battle and this book goes down the same road. It would be great if Osprey would come out with an expanded addition of this book that allows the author to go into greater detail on the Prussian's actions.
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Title: Waterloo: The Hundred Days by David Chandler ISBN: 1855327163 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Austerlitz 1805: The Fate of Empires (Campaign Series, 2) by Ian Castle, Christa Hook, David G. Chandler ISBN: 1841761362 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Gettysburg 1863: High Tide of the Confederacy (Osprey Military Series) by Carl Smith, Adam Hook ISBN: 1855323362 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon by Rory Muir ISBN: 0300082703 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Great Wall and the Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security by Andrew J. Nathan, Robert S. Ross ISBN: 0393317846 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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