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| Tango01 | 04 May 2026 1:52 p.m. PST |
"Bruno Mugnai's Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Louis XIV, Volume 1: The Swedish Army, 1655–1700 is a hefty tome but less a heavy academic slog and more a sharply focused visual guide to one of early modern Europe's most effective armies. The writing gets to the point quickly, explaining how the Swedish military worked in practice without drowning the reader in theory or debate. You come away with a clear sense of how the allotment system functioned, why those famous blue coats mattered, and how Sweden's growing preference for hard hitting shock tactics shaped its battlefield reputation. The sections on weapons and equipment are especially useful, covering the shift to flintlock muskets, the continued presence of pikes, and artillery designed for speed rather than brute force…"
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