New Clausewitz 1796 book!

[Chris Pringle]

I'm excited to announce the impending publication of the first ever English edition of Carl von Clausewitz's "Feldzug von 1796 in Italien" - Napoleon's 1796 campaign in Italy.

More details here:

http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2018/01/first-ever-english-edition-of.html

Chris

[Bernie]

Wow! What a labour of love that must have been. Just signed up for the newsletter

[Chris Pringle]

Wow! What a labour of love that must have been. Just signed up for the newsletter

"Addictions helpline, my name is Jenny, how can I help you?"
"Erm, well, I've got this thing about translating archaic 19th-century Prussian military history ..."

Thanks, Bernie. It's been a lot of fun.

Chris

[KTravlos]

Good Show!

[John Cook]

This will be very good news for the monglots, for whom relatively few foreign primary sources are available.

[Chris Pringle]

Update: now listed in UPK's catalog with a publication date of October, priced @ $19.95 pb / $45 hb.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/subjects/history-european/978-0-7006-2675-5.html

(We are just finishing the index and correcting the proofs.)

Chris

[KTravlos]

Excellent! I will order a copy for me, and one for the university library.

[paulr]

 

[kipt]

Ordered.

[Chris Pringle]

I am delighted to report that our annotated translation of Clausewitz's history of Napoleon's famous first campaign is now published:
https://www.amazon.com/Napoleons-1796-Italian-Campaign-Clausewitz/dp/0700626751/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1536769755&sr=1-1&keywords=murray+pringle&dpID=31oy%252Bsit5jL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

Eminent historian Dr Robert Citino has kindly written this terrific endorsement of the book:

"Interested in Clausewitz but lack the stomach (and the Sitzfleisch) for On War? Here is the antidote, one of the Prussian sage's more snackable historical works. Napoleon's 1796 Italian Campaign has it all: flash campaign narrative, deep analysis, and snide remarks about Jomini. Murray and Pringle are erudite commentators and smooth translators. A volume for novice and expert alike." — Robert M. Citino, author of The Wehrmacht's Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944–1945.

I have also created a set of operational-level, stripped-down BBB scenarios to accompany the book. These offer another level of insight again. They can be found in the files of the BBB Yahoo group (albeit the last few not yet playtested):
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info

We hope you will enjoy our work.

Chris

Bloody Big BATTLES!
bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com

[toxicpixie]

Nice one Chris.

It's on the UK site as well -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Napoleons-1796-Italian-Campaign-Clausewitz/dp/070062676X/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537796895&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Napoleon%27s+1796+Italian+Campaign+chris+pringle

[paulr]

Congratulations Chris

[Chris Pringle]

Congratulations Chris

Nice one Chris.

Thanks, chaps! 

It's on the UK site as well -

I dunno, you Brits, so parochial. 

[kipt]

I ordered mine through the University of Kansas Press when it was first announced months ago.  It arrived today and with a quick look through I am so far impressed.  Lookijg forward to the read.

[Chris Pringle]

Two nice positive reviews now:

https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/napoleons-1796

https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/1757

What more excuse do you need? To (a) buy the book and (b) treat yourself to those French and Austrian armies from Pendraken's fine Revolutionary War range:
https://pendraken.co.uk/napoleonic/1792-1797-revolutionary-war/
Tarletons, phrygian caps, mirlitons - it has to be done!

Chris

[Shedman]

My excuse is that I need it on the Kindle 

[Zippee]

Duly ordered, don't know how I missed this frst time around

[kipt]

Almost finished reading it. Great book! 

I like Clausewitz's analysis and the commentary by Colin. The authors' analysis is also interesting.

I will read it again more closely but with an atlas in hand.

[Chris Pringle]

Almost finished reading it. Great book! 

I like Clausewitz's analysis and the commentary by Colin. The authors' analysis is also interesting.

I will read it again more closely but with an atlas in hand.

Thanks, kipt, I'm really happy to hear you like the book so much. Yes, an atlas may help. Having read too many books where the maps don't show the places mentioned in the text, I vowed we would put everything on the maps in our book - but it just wasn't practical to fit in every tiny village. Best we could do was make sure the text explains where they are.

My excuse is that I need it on the Kindle 

Excuse accepted. Light duties for you, sir!

[Ben Waterhouse]

On the shopping list!