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Treatise on Partisan Warfare (Contributions in Military Studies)
Treatise on Partisan Warfare - Contributions in Military Studies Author:Johann Ewald, Robert A. Selig, David Curtis Skaggs This translation of Johann Ewald's classic essay, Abhandlung Uber den kleinen Krieg, published in 1785, describes light infantry tactics in an era of heavy infantry formations. Selig and Skaggs comment on Ewald's treatise on partisan warfare and its relevance to current military doctrine. They also provide extensive scholarly notations with the ... more »text, explaining people, places, and events during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, where Ewald had extensive experience as a company commander in the Hessian Field Jaeger Corps. This first English translation should be of real value to historians of American Revolution and pre-Napoleonic warfare.« less