Frederick the Great: A Military LifeFor tactical and strategic ingenuity, for daring and ruthless determination and the capacity to inspire troops, Frederick the Great was without equal. In this detailed life of ‘Old Fritz’, Christopher Duffy, who has written widely on the army of Frederick and on the armies of his adversaries, Austria and Russia, has produced a definitive account of his military genius. |
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The military life of Frederick the Great
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Two The Silesian Wars 17405 | 21 |
Three The Armed Camp 174556 | 76 |
Four The Theatre of War | 89 |
Five The Seven Years War 175663 | 101 |
Six In Search of Old Fritz | 244 |
Seven Public Affairs and the War of the Bavarian Succession 17789 | 263 |
Eight Final Years and Immortality | 279 |
Nine Frederick and War | 289 |
Maps | 340 |
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| Վերնագիր | Frederick the Great: A Military Life Routledge Library Editions: Military and Naval History |
| Հեղինակ | Christopher Duffy |
| Edition | reprint |
| Հրատարակիչ | Routledge, 2015 |
| ISBN | 1317408500, 9781317408505 |
| Length | 428 էջ |
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