books.google.com - The Napoleonic Wars opened the century; the American Civil War punctuated its midpoint. Throughout, conflict seldom abated, whether between the European powers on their own continent or between their colonial proxies around the world. Byron Farwell, an authoritative and engaging chronicler of military...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Encyclopedia_of_Nineteenth_century_L.html?id=m-XpP_pdANcC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Land Warfare