| Winston Smith | 28 Aug 2015 6:45 p.m. PST |
To be honest, I am awfully stinkingly ignorant of the Napoleonic Wars, but who cares? I care about the SYW in America, and can bs my way through, and isn't that what it's all about?
But I want to learn more about what Geo Washington wrought in Europe.
Can you recommend any books, without too many confusing German names? |
| Rich Bliss | 28 Aug 2015 7:21 p.m. PST |
The Wars of Frederick the Great by Dennis Showalter. |
79thPA  | 28 Aug 2015 8:28 p.m. PST |
For some light reading, Osprey has an Essential History book covering the European sideshow part of the French and Indian War. link |
 Der Alte Fritz  | 28 Aug 2015 10:54 p.m. PST |
The Military Life of Frederick the Great, by Christopher Duffy. |
| Oh Bugger | 29 Aug 2015 2:12 a.m. PST |
The Military Experience in the Age of Reason by the same lad is excellent and very inexpensive. |
| Pictors Studio | 29 Aug 2015 3:58 a.m. PST |
You could always make a trip to Ft. Ligonier. They have a nice SYW display. |
| vtsaogames | 29 Aug 2015 3:59 a.m. PST |
There must have been a Classics Illustrated comic. |
| Glengarry5 | 29 Aug 2015 4:58 a.m. PST |
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| Frederick | 29 Aug 2015 5:57 a.m. PST |
A second vote for Duffy's book on Fredrick the Great – my first SYW read and the one that got me hooked |
| Travellera | 29 Aug 2015 9:26 a.m. PST |
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| vtsaogames | 29 Aug 2015 1:46 p.m. PST |
Short version : Frederick the Great alienated enemies and allies alike during the previous war of the Austrian succession. Everyone in Europe except the British combined against him. He managed to hold them off until the Czarina Elizabeth died. |
| 42flanker | 31 Aug 2015 8:02 a.m. PST |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
