Nosworthy, Brent

The Anatomy of Victory Battle Tactics 1689-1763

      New York City: Hippocrene Books, 1990. Fine in As New dust jacket 0870527851. A seldom seen, immaculate, and exhaustively detailed study of the conduct of the18th century battlefield, a topic that has been thoroughly neglected by historians. Nosworthy here reconstructs each of the major tactical doctrines and explores how they evolved to produce Frederician warfare; includes 28 pages of formation diagrams. Contents are tight, bright and clean, free of any other internal markings or personalizations. The DJ is protected by a Brodart mylar sleeve. This is a beautiful copy.; 9 3/8" H X 6 3/8" W; 396 pages.