Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Uniforms of the 19th Century - Hardcover

Smith, Kiley & Black

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754819019 ISBN 13: 9780754819011

Verlag: Lorenz Books, 2010

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Book by Smith Digby Black Jeremy Kiley Kevin F

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Reseña del editor:

The uniforms from the 19th century are some of the most colourful and varied in the history of uniformology. In this book there are artworks of familiar Austrian hussars, Prussian dragoons, French chasseurs, American continentals and British grenadiers, but also Boer farmers, Zulu, Apache and Souix warriors, Boxers from the Chinese rebellion, and rebel Sepoys from the Great Indian mutiny. As well as illustrations of the uniforms, equipment and kit, the expert text examines the organization, tactics and experience of the men-at-arms of these pivotal times, where a century of war saw the beginning of a new era. This volume presents not only a unique visual directory of uniforms, but an evocative portrait of the political, military and social contexts of the soldiers of the time.

Biografía del autor:

Digby Smith joined the British Army in 1951. He resigned from the Army in 1979 and until 1995 worked in logistics in Germany, Saudi Arabia and Russia. Digby Smith has written over 50 books on military history, from 1792 to 1815. Kevin F. Kiley is a West Point graduate and a retired US Marine Corps artillery officer. He is the author of books on the artillery of the Napoleonic Wars, and of Napolean's generals and their battles, as well as contributing chapters in Cold War Hot and Dixie Victorious, both edited by Peter Tsouras (Greenhill Books). Jeremy Black MBE is the most active representative of British academic history in his field. His body of published work adds up to the most sustained presentation of British history in recent decades.

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• Verlag: Lorenz Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0754819019
• ISBN 13: 9780754819011
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256