Reviews of The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book by Digby Smith have started to be published, and include: 'All you need to know, and more, is within its covers. ... Many years in the making, this is an excellent book and is what has been needed as an instant reference source on the Napoleonic Wars, but all under one cover. Digby Smith (who once used the pen name Otto von Pivka – remember him?) and Greenhill Books are to be congratulated. Definitely one for the shelf of the serious military enthusiast.' – Military Modelling 'After over 30 years research ... the British military historian presents us with an exemplary collection of material and data on all military actions of the Napoleonic era. This work closes a critical gap in the knowledge of the military events in this era and offers to the historian and to those hobby historians a wealth of facts in a brief and comprehensive fashion which obviates the time-consuming procedure of evaluating many different, voluminous and hard-to-find source documents in primary and secondary literary works.' – Zeitschrift für Heereskunde 'An amazingly detailed work providing a mass of statistical information on several thousand engagements in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, including the forces involved, the casualties suffered and the outcome of the battle. The index, bibliography and list of museums and archives used round off this solid work. No doubt there will be those who differ over a detail here or there, but this highly important reference work belongs on the shelf of every Napoleonic buff, along with Chandler's Campaigns and Dictionary. A must for the wargamer, researcher and general Napoleonic enthusiast.' – Peter Hofschröer 'Superb and concise ... will undoubtedly prove to be a most useful and long standing work of reference for students of Napoleonic warfare.' – Practical Wargaming Death Traps The American book trade magazine Publishers Weekly recently reviewed the new book from Presidio Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II, saying: 'Without a doubt, this is one of the finest WWII memoirs ever written by an American junior officer. ... This detailed story will become a classic of WWII history and required reading for anyone interested in armored warfare.' MORE APPLAUSE FOR 1815: The Waterloo Campaign 'An interesting and important book. ... For new material discovered (or rediscovered) about the 1815 saga we must be grateful.' The British Army Review. 'Impressive ... the examination of the relationship between the Allies, documented with numerous sources .' Zeitschrift für Heereskunde. 'This is an admirable addition to the history of the Waterloo Camaign. Mr Hofschröer has made an important contribution by writing about the epic events of 1815 from an essentially German point of view, thereby filling a major gap in the English language literature on the subject. ... His major conclusion is one that is bound to stir controversy: that the Duke of Wellington deliberately deceived his Prussian allies on 16 June 1815 by misleading Blücher about both his dispositions and intentions. Blücher, therefore, fought Ligny on a false assumption and was beaten accordingly. Wellington let him down. This has, not surprisingly, caused a stir among British Waterloo historians. This thesis is, however, only one part of Mr Hofschröer's contribution. Whatever the academic arguments, it is to the rest of the work that we must look for the book's true value: and it is considerable.' – Colonel John Hughes Wilson in The Journal of the Royal United Services Institution. APPLAUSE FOR CHAIM HERZOG'S The War of Atonement 'It was a book written by an insider who was also a respected military and political commentator and it soon became a classic which was translated into numerous languages and gained Herzog international recognition and praise. ... Herzog's book remains a valid and illuminating account. ... Chaim Herzog's account remains as vivid as it was when first published.' The Jewish Chronicle. 'A classic account of modern war. It is a remarkable book. ... It is difficult to conceive of an account as critical of national and individual performances as is this being published in the UK within two years of the end of a close-run war of national survival. ... Twenty-five years on from the events it records, The War of Atonement remains a book that must be read, and is highly desirable to own.' The British Army Review. 'Though untold numbers of books have been written about the war since this one was published in 1975, Herzog's volume remains one of the most comprehensive works on the subject. As his son, Colonel Michael Herzog, puts it in the new introduction to the book, The War of Atonement "seems like a wine that has improved with age." ... Riveting ... With amazing lucidity, he recounts the fighting of complex battles and includes moving episodes and exploits by ordinary soldiers while keeping the whole picture of the war in view. ... This book will appeal to all ages, from those who sent their sons to fight in the war, to those who, 25 years later, are seeking a grasp of this remarkable and traumatic period of Israel's history.' The Jersualem Post. 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