Owen Connelly: 4 books
Blundering to Glory
Napoleon's Military Campaigns
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2006
Renowned for its accuracy, brevity, and readability, this book has long been the gold standard of concise histories of the Napoleonic Wars. Now in an updated and revised edition, it is unique in its portrayal of one of the world's great generals as a scrambler who never had a plan, strategic or tactical,...
by Owen Connelly
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Written by an experienced author and expert in the field, Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792-1815 provides a thorough re-examination of the crucial period in the history of France for students of history and military studies.
Based on extensive research, and including twenty detailed...
On War and Leadership
The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
What can we learn about leadership and the experience of war from the best combat leaders the world has ever known? This book takes us behind the scenes and to the front lines of the major wars of the past 250 years through the words of twenty combat commanders. What they have to say--which is remarkably...
The American Military Tradition
From Colonial Times to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2006
In The American Military Tradition historians John M. Carroll and Colin F. Baxter gather an esteemed group of military historians to explore the pivotal issues and themes in American warfare from the Colonial era to the present conflict in Iraq. From the reliance on militia and the Minutemen of the...