Waterloo 1815: The Birth of Modern Europe (Campaign)

by Geoff Wootten, Geoffery Wootten, Geoffrey Wootten

Book Overview

Osprey's study of the most famous battle of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). Waterloo holds a special place among the great battles of history. The climax of more than twenty years of war, it was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855322102
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.3" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Waterloo Campaign

I enjoyed this book. I dont think it is overly Pro-Brit - the author gives plenty of credit to both French and Prussians where it is due. He also clearly states that without Blucher Wellington could not have won. Its a very good blow-by-blow text of the battle. However, it is also more than that. You get the bonus of the lead up battles prior to Waterloo itself, all done in detail, and an excellent set of battlefield tours at the end. I was really glad I took the book with me when I walked the battlefield some time ago. This must be one of Ospreys biggest offerings in the series, and for the money it really cant get any better than this!! The author goes into a lot of tactical and other precise details that I havent found in other texts, and I thought the 3D terrain map illustrations were superb. You can really see how the battle shaped up. The only thing I would like to have seen was some new uniform plates. The ones here come directly from their men at arms series. That said, there is lots of excellent stuff here, it's very nicely written, and well worthy of inclusion in a collection. I have several titles in the Campaign series, and Waterloo is definitely my favourite so far.

The most wrtten-about battle in the history of mankind

No battle has been more written about than Waterloo or studied by military historians. Nevertheless I enjoyed this book as it was very clear , but as in the case of some of the other reviewers, I agree that there is a strong British bias. The British were close to defeat and it is the Prussian General Blucher who could be called the real victor of Waterloo. I enjoyed the part of the book which described Napoleon's charismatic personality .

A must for Napoleanonic era buffs

The Campaign Series books are on the whole outstanding, and the Waterloo book does not disappoint. There is detailed information on the commanders involved and a nice summary on what happened to the key combatants after the battle. The maps and pictures were great as always in this series. The information detailing the prelude to Waterloo was also outstanding.My only complaint is that the role of the Prussians in this battle was really down played. Historians in general have given Wellington a disproportional amount of the credit for the allied success in this battle and this book goes down the same road. It would be great if Osprey would come out with an expanded addition of this book that allows the author to go into greater detail on the Prussian's actions.

GREAT DETAIL, AND SHARES BATTLES LEADING UP TO WATERLOO

I found this a great book, it not only told about Waterloo, but battles leading up to it, which other books don't have. It is filled with lots of colorful pictures of all armies, French , British, Prussians, and Germans. It goes through in define detail on the battle. I LOVE THIS BOOK.