Paddy Griffith for Greenhill Big Paddy (the Patron Saint of the Bearded Order of Wargames Developments) seems to have settled down to a life of producing syntheses of other historians' work. In this case he draws on a number of excellent works to produce something which is entertaining as well as informative. Not quite in Duffy's (apparently) effortless style, Paddy will always want to be a disruptive boy, but getting there. As in any Revolution some interesting specimens will float free and there are some very interesting ones here. Paddy's argument seems to be that the Friends of the Corsican have "done down" the Revolutionary period to make their own hero appear the better for it. Paddy argues much that is thought "revolutionary" was established in the 1790s. Indeed he further argues that the Way of War of the Ancien regimes was pretty much still Best Practice, and that the Revolutionaries sought to return to it where circumstances and dogma permitted. The book covers all the main bases and read in conjunction with Blanning and Lynn should set you off. A good read. More Old Duffer's Book Corner (book reviews) Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe The End of The Bronze Age The Grand Strategy of Philip II War in The Early Modern World (1450-1815) European And Native American Warfare 1675-1615 The Great War Generals On The Western Front 1914-18 The Art of War Of Revolutionary France 1789-1802 Pallas Armata Back to Perfidious Albion #98 Table of Contents Back to Perfidious Albion List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Charles and Teresa Vasey. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com