Books to read before Empires is released

[seskins]

The Thirty Years War by C.V. Wedgewood. Great background on the social, political, and strategic concerns at the beginning of the period of the game.

[batemonkey]

The Thirty Years War by C.V. Wedgewood. Great background on the social, political, and strategic concerns at the beginning of the period of the game.

Thanks Seskins! [pops it on crimbo list]


Don't really know much about that period so good to mug up


Alex

[LadyAnn]

The Charge of the Light Brigade was during the Crimean War (March 1854–February 1856). This is an important major conflict contemporary to the American Civil War (1861-1865). This could be an interesting Era for a E:TW expansion pack (E:TW ends with the Napoleonic War, or around 1812).

The Charge was part of the Battle of Balaclava (1854), a battle fought between British and Russian forces. The British Light Brigade has about 650 men. Only 195 survived (with their horses).

There is no need to reinact such a blunder: it was a mistake of command Charge of the Light Brigade Wiki and nothing was gained from that charge.

Anniep

[Fisherking]

The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) is a bit on the early side for this game.

This might be of some interest to you. Maps of Europe and North America in the general starting period. :http://www.euratlas.com/history_euro..._map_1700.html,
http://etc.usf.edu/Maps/pages/7400/7482/7482.htm
http://www.ambrosevideo.com/resources/documents/113.jpg
Native American Tribes
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/unite...ndian_east.jpg
http://www.evolpub.com/ALR/GallatinmapE.jpg


If you have an interest in North American History and don’t know who William Johnson was, you may want to read up on him.

[Oleander Ardens]

I have reread parts of On War and I'm more deeply impressed after the first read. No wonder it is the most influential book in current military thought. New thoughts spring into your eyes everywhere. John Keegan sadly truly exposes his utter ignorance when criticizing it and seems to have never read it. Even for some "scholars" the philosophy of science is a hard beast to tackle, especially for Angloamericans with their sombre reliance on positivism.

[macduro]

Those three books are very recomendable for those interest in the Napoleonic era , now I'm looking for some nice books about the American Revolution , but they are hard to find in Spain , were I live.



Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle




Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic Age 1792– - 1815: Equipment, Combat Skills, and Tactics




The Russian Campaign of 1812 by Carl von Clausewitz

[Lord Nelson]

I would like to suggest a book. For those of you wishing to play as the british. Empire by Niall Ferguson. It helps you get a feel for how the british empire came to be, how they acted, and what there ultimate demise was. Cannot reccomend this enough. If your feeling brave try tackling world at war by him as well. its not really the same timeline. but still a cracking read about war.