A detailed study of the military aspects of this important early modern conflict. Continuing where the author left off in Battles of the Thirty Years War, this companion volume details the military aspects of the final years of this important early modern conflict. Whereas the earlier half of the war was dominated by a few climactic battles (White Mountain, Lutter, Breitenfeld, and Nordlingen), the later period consisted of a more drawn-out struggle between more evenly matched opponents. The successful general had to conduct strategic campaigns, in which battles, sieges, maneuvers, and logistics would all play a part. Guthrie examines broad questions of strategy, leadership, armaments, organization, logistics, and war finances. Battles detailed in this volume include the Swedish victories of Wittstock, 2nd Breitenfeld, and Jankow; the French victories of Rheinfelden, Rocroi, Freiburg, and 2nd Nordlingen; as well as the anticlimactic action of Zusmarhausen. Guthrie emphasizes the unique aspects of the Thirty Years War, its place in the evolution of warfare and weapons, and the adjustment of the actual waging of war to the rise of the nascent linear system. Based on research previously unavailable in English, each campaign is recreated in detail, including orders of battle, tactics, and maps.
0 有用 杨曼 2022-08-30 13:49:54 北京
比前作好一些,因为在讷德林根战役之后的各战役实际上没啥人研究梳理,这书乱炖了一锅,有些战役的描写明显过时了,比如罗克鲁瓦战役,对法国入侵德意志的各行动写的有些过分简略,并和Wilson一样几乎完全忽略了意大利的战役,理论上应该是适合入门的书,给的却是顶配的价格...
0 有用 杨曼 2022-08-30 13:49:54 北京
比前作好一些,因为在讷德林根战役之后的各战役实际上没啥人研究梳理,这书乱炖了一锅,有些战役的描写明显过时了,比如罗克鲁瓦战役,对法国入侵德意志的各行动写的有些过分简略,并和Wilson一样几乎完全忽略了意大利的战役,理论上应该是适合入门的书,给的却是顶配的价格...