Description: Traditional accounts of the campaigns of 1813 concentrate on the major powers: Napoleon's France versus Russia, joined successively by Prussia, Sweden and Austria, and how, as in the French catastrophe of 1812, early successes were transformed into ruinous defeat.
Brief description:
John H. Gill (Jack), a military historian specializing in the Napoleonic era, is the author of With Eagles to Glory and the editor of A Soldier for Napoleon. He has contributed numerous papers to the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era and other academic forums. His latest work is 1809: Thunder on the Danube, just published in March 2008, which is to be the first of three volumes.
An associate professor at the Near East-South Asia Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, DC, he has also published on military history and
contemporary security issues relating to India, Pakistan, and other South Asian countries.
A retired US Army colonel, he lives in Virginia, USA with his wife, and their two teenage sons.
Review Quotes: "[E]xceptional research, smooth prose, detailed orders of battle with numbers, and a cornucopia of tactical, operational, and strategic maps make this another brilliant examination of the Napoleonic era. Another excellent volume."-- "Historical Miniatures Gaming Society"