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Vauban and the French military under Louis XIV
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Jean-Denis Lepage |
"Vauban built a formidable ring of fortresses to protect France's national frontiers and was also a gifted economist, author, and political strategist. Covers his exceptional career (within the backg… |
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Three armies on the Somme
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William James Philpott |
A reinterpretation of a defining World War I battle argues that it provided crucial information to British and French forces to end the war by shaping understandings of such emerging technologies as … |
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La Grande Armee
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Georges Blond |
This tour de force of Napoleonic study is made available in the English language for the first time since its original French publication in 1979. The author is a respected historian, and this descri… |
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The dynastic state and the army under Louis XIV
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Guy Rowlands |
The 'personal rule' of Louis XIV witnessed a massive increase in the size of the French army and an apparent improvement in the quality of its officers, its men and the War Ministry. However, this is… |
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Life in the French Foreign Legion
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Evan McGorman |
A thorough account from a man who actually enlisted for a term in the French Foreign Legion and lived to tell about it. The book is a heavily detailed account on joining the world's most legendary ar… |
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