Historical Miniature Gamer: Osprey Uniforms: Imperial Armies of the Thirty Years' War (1): Infantry and artillery (Men-at-Arms)

Imperial Armies of the Thirty Years' War (1): Infantry and artillery (Men-at-Arms)
enlarge	Author: Vladimir Brnardic Creator: Darko Pavlovic Publisher: Osprey Publishing Category: Book List Price: ~~$17.95~~ Buy New: $8.74 as of 7/31/2010 14:48 MDT details You Save: $9.21 (51%) New (24) Used (4) from $8.74 Seller: pbshop Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 663143 Media: Paperback Pages: 48 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4 Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.1 x 0.2 ISBN: 1846034477 Dewey Decimal Number: 940.24 EAN: 9781846034473 ASIN: 1846034477 Publication Date: October 27, 2009 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description This history of the Catholic armies of the Hapsburg Empire that fought in the Thirty Years' War explores the role of infantry and artillery during the last major religious war in mainland Europe. As the states of the Holy Roman Empire fractured along religious lines, all of Europe was plunged into a bloody conflict that lasted three decades, decimated populations, and annihilated communities. However, amidst this social, political, and religious catastrophe, important changes were experienced within the organization of armed forces. The war saw the end of the large mercenary forces and the beginnings of the well-disciplined national army. This book charts this progression, illustrating and explaining the forces of the key Catholic armies, while exploring the weapons, organization, tactics, and colorful uniforms used by the infantry and artillery.

Customer Reviews: A fine survey of the history of the Habsburg armies of the Thirty Years' War January 11, 2010 Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) 1 out of 3 found this review helpful Vladimir Brnardic's IMPERIAL ARMIES OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR (1): INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY provides a fine survey of the history of the Habsburg armies of the Thirty Years' War, exploring their role and actions in Europe's last major religious war. A fine survey, this is a pick for any in-depth military history library. Some useful information, but a disorganized work... December 1, 2009 Condottiere 3 out of 4 found this review helpful The "list of literature" in the back isn't meant to be a bibliography, but simply a few suggested books under the title "Further Reading." I'd have preferred a "Select Bibliography" like in Richard Brzezinski's "The Army of Gustavus Adolphus," but this is an exception in Osprey titles. The author has shown that he's made some use of up to date material, and I would've liked to see more, especially formations and tactics with diagrams, but it's understandable, given the space limitations in an Osprey Men-at-Arms title. An example would be tercios having more files than ranks and not plodding formations; also infantry divided on the battlefield into 1000 men tactical battalions, sometimes formed from several understrength regiments, instead of being created from a 2000-3000 strong regiment. The layout of the work is disorganized: the author jumps back and forth in covering organization and tactics within the same paragraph. Words are used interchangeably, such as tercio and regiment and battle(battalion) and brigade. Errors: Calivers were not lighter muskets, but standardized arquebuses. A sentence on Breitenfeld refers to four massive tercios in single line, when this wasn't the case. Plenty of black and white photos - the norm for Ospreys, color pictures being the exception - of 17th Century gear from Swedish and Austrian museums and contemporary pictures, some from private collections - no 19th century recreations! Colorful plates with lively scenes, reminiscent of Angus McBride's work. I was looking forward, unfortunately to no avail... November 19, 2009 Roman Urbani (Czech Rep.) 3 out of 9 found this review helpful nedoporucuji, zastaralé, velice povrchní informace. Podívejte na seznam literatury! Zádný pramen starsí nez 150 let. Mixované informace ze zacatku a konce valky. Not recommend! obsolete very superficial information. Look at the list of literature! No source of more than 150 years. Mixed information from the beginning and end of the war.

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