Description: The story of Leuthen, the battle that confirmed the reputation of Frederick 'the Great' of Prussia as one of history's greatest military commanders and the most consequential conflict in continental Europe between the Thirty Years' War and the Napoleonic Wars: how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.
Review Quotes: "The great strength of this concise but penetrating study is its demonstration of why just a few hours of actual fighting had such a colossal impact on Europe's fortunes ... T. G. Otte certainly gives the course of the combat its due, lucidly narrating and analysing it with the help of several helpful maps." --, Times Literary Supplement
"One of the many merits of Otte's book on Leuthen is precisely that it traces the genesis anddevelopment of the modern concept of flanking manoeuvre from the beginning of the Frederician oblique order, through the operational formalisations of the General Staff in the XIX century, slowly broadening its scope until touching upon the German share of those political and military assumptions that laid the foundationsof the conflict with which the decline of the Westphalian System began." -- Marco Mostarda, Nuova Antologia Militare"This book will prove valuable to those at all levels of readership seeking to understand Frederick's view of the battlefield, his kingdom's place in Europe, and his idea of duty to Prussia itself." -- Scott Madere, Military History"an absorbing read for anyone who wants to learn more about Frederick the Great and his tactics and the legacy that he created in Germany." -- Chris May, Battlefield Magazine