"Essential Texts: Military History 18C/SYW" Topic

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grommet37	27 Jan 2015 1:12 p.m. PST
For those like myself, who may initially be unfamiliar with the Horse & Musket period in general (and the SYW in particular) and the actualities of military practice therein, as they relate to war gaming, a brief blog post about the oft-recommended Four Big Books. link A longer list of texts for Second Year Studies will appear in future, so recommendations for that list are always welcome. Cheers, and as always, thanks to the many who've kindly shared their knowledge and expertise on the period. TL: DR Nosworthy, Brent: Anatomy of Victory Duffy, Christopher: The Military Life of Frederick the Great Showalter, Dennis: Frederick the Great: A Military History Duffy, Christopher: The Military Experience in the Age of Reason
Maddaz111	27 Jan 2015 3:20 p.m. PST
First book is brilliant. (I am not so sure on the others… I read two and four… some time ago thought they were ok?) never read third book.. might dig it out..
timurilank	27 Jan 2015 3:53 p.m. PST
Grommet37, Have a look at the Kronoskaf- Project Seven Years War site. Upper right hand corner you will find a link to a treasure chest of primary sources available as e-books. link Add to your list Savory's "His Britannic Majesty's Army in Germany", reprinted and available through 18th Century Press. link Cheers, Robert
olicana	28 Jan 2015 12:42 a.m. PST
"The Wars of Frederick the Great" by D. Showalter is a great read. It is very well written narrative of both the AWS and SYW relating to FtG. I don't have the Showalter book in the OP, but if it written half as well as the one I do have it will probably be worth picking up. Nosworthy's book is extremely useful for understanding the nuts and bolts.

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