Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic Age 1792– - 1815: Equipment, Combat Skills, and Tactics (Record no. 36409)
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fixed length control field | 01383nam a22001577a 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
ISBN | 9780312375874 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 940.274 |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
Personal name | Bruce, Robert B. [et al.] |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic Age 1792– - 1815: Equipment, Combat Skills, and Tactics |
Statement of responsibility | Robert B. Bruce [et al.] |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication | New York |
Name of publisher | Thomas Dunne Books |
Year of publication | 2008 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Other physical details | 26x20 cm |
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Number of Pages | vii,256 Pages |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Includes Colored Illustrarions, Biblioigraphy and Index. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc | Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic World explores the tactics and strategy required to win battles with the technology available during the Napoleonic period (1789-1815), and points out how the development of such weapons technology changed the face of the battlefield. Divided into five sections it highlights: - Individual components of the armies: the foot soldier, the cavalryman and the artilleryman, the equipment they wore and used, and how they fought together. - Technology change, the emergence of military professionalism, and the impact these changes had on the battlefield. - How units were used together on the battlefield, and strategic positioning of battle units. - Specialist techniques and equipment developed for artillery. - Naval warfare, from the ships in which the men fought to the weapons they carried. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) |
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Koha item type | Books |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2017-05-21 | CRV/GPLM/18/2017 | 940.274 B886F 2008 | 41960 | Books |