Publication Review: Brent Nosworthy's New Tactical Studies

Dear Reader,

Like many of you, I became aware of Brent Nosworthy as a result of his fine books on the eighteenth century, the American Civil War, and the Napoleonic Era. Recently, in a partnership with Venture Miniatures, Mr. Nosworthy has been releasing a variety of works, from small pamphlets to larger monographs, covering a wide span of topics in early modern warfare.

Most of these works focus on the period between 1650 and 1714, and in doing so, Nosworthy correctly demonstrates that much of the supposedly "new" tactical ideas in the eighteenth century have seventeenth-century roots. These books are mainly constructed from prescriptive manuals, such as the various Ordonnance du Roy of the 1740s, the writings of Monck, and military treatises from the 1500s to the 1750s. The result is the distillation of a military thought from an understudied generation of late-seventeenth-century officers.

Most of these smaller pamphlets are available for download free of charge, and the $28 English Infantry and Cavalry Tactic: 1672-1698, is a substantial monograph of 215 pages, well worth the cost. Wargamers and enthusiasts will find much to delight in these works. Recommended.

You can find these works here: https://www.ventureminiatures.com/product/english-infantry-cavalry-tactics/

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Alex Burns