The Art of Warfare in the Age of Marlborough

by David Chandler

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A detailed study of warfare in the early 1700s, when Marlborough and his commanders developed new tactics for infantry, cavalry, artillery and siege engineers.Chandler's knowledge and research are meticulous, and his prose is graceful and lean . . . a truly valuable source for the serious student of military history."-Military History "

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This was not quite the tour-de-force of the Napoleon book. But if one also has a copy of the Churchill biography of Marlborough, the two together are an excellent resource. Charts and graphs abound, and thus this is still an excellent book by itself.

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