French Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792-1815 (Elite) | 
| Author: Paddy Griffith
Creator: Peter Dennis
Brand: Osprey Publishing Limited
Category: Book
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Pages: 64
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ISBN: 1846032784
Dewey Decimal Number: 356.114094409034
EAN: 9781846032783
ASIN: 1846032784
Publication Date: November 20, 2007
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 like a pop corn movie: you pay - you sit - and forget July 3, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have been purchasing many Osprey over the years and keep forgetting that I end up reselling most of them out of disinterest or boredom.
With the usual plates disconnected from the text that makes their understanding difficult - hello editor? - this little book was a lot of work to get into.
You will get info about the evolution of French infantry tactics in a sort of uninteresting - anecdote-less - nothing new neither exciting way. It has a few nice drawings, in particular a depiction of the big squares at the battle of the Pyramids which actually was interesting.
Basically this book will leave my house as an expandable piece of no interest.
 Good primer June 26, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is good for the beginner in learning the tactics of the era. I would recommend this book for the historian or the gamer of the era.
 Reasonable High-Leve Overview of French Infantry Tactics February 12, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book serves as a reasonably good primer for those not familiar with Napoleonic Infantry tactics. It is very well written. The background information is quite good. However, the rest is principally a rehash to anyone somewhat familiar with the period. The book starts with a very nice buildup, but is a flop in the end. I was impressed with the work Mr. Griffith had done in assembling something of a database relative to French attacks. It's too bad he could not have done more with it, which suggested to me that it was a somewhat cursory endeavor.
 Not Recommended February 3, 2008
8 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is to counterbalance the overly positive reviews so far. To start with the positive, this book has nice illustrations, although the colored inserts show little in terms of variation in the terrain, which hints that they do not necessarily correspond to the actual terrain of the battle they refer to. In any case, the most negative aspect is related to the narrative. The author seems to have written this in between jobs, or games at the wargame society he belongs to. The arguments are not solidely made, and the explanations are confused and contradictions abound (is the idea of tirailleurs a fantasy or not?). Add to to that random, unnecessary jibes at Napoleon, as well as questionable choice of terms (e.g. platoon instead of compagny), which makes the read even less fluent, and you get a pamphlet that cannot be recommended.
A Fine Introduction January 28, 2008
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
A very helpful guide to the French tactics of the time. The illustrations demonstrate the various perceptions one can have respecting column and line, the ongoing controversy amongst scholars of the period. Griffith is one of the first to emphasize the "counter-attack" style of the British. In pointing out the vast majority of French attacks in column over line, he could have integrated Kleber's "swarm" to demonstrate what, according to Gates and Oman, Taupin and Vandermaeson proved in their initial attacks at Saurauren I, namely proper use of tirailleurs in combination succeeds in shock and awe. It would have provided a nice balance between the Colin school and the actual studied practice of the French in action, without succumbing to the vagueness of a Beatson. Despite the missed opportunity, a fine introduction to the subject.
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