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Il libro si propone di analizzare da un punto di vista storico-militare gli eserciti regolari e le formazioni volontarie che presero parte alla Prima Guerra di Indipendenza, durante il cruciale biennio 1848-1849. Il conflitto vide la partecipazione militare di tutti i sei Stati che all'epoca esistevano in Italia: il Regno di Sardegna, il Regno delle Due Sicilie, lo Stato Pontificio, il Granducato di Toscana, il Ducato di Modena ed il Ducato di...

Il primo libro di una nuova serie di monografie di storia militare, intitolata "Guerrieri e soldati d'Italia" e interamente prodotta con materiali originali nel nostro Paese: un testo molto informativo, adatto ad ogni tipo di lettore e avulso dalle pesantezze di tipo "accademico", con tavole a colori originali, realizzate appositamente a corredo del testo e raffiguranti i soldati descritti nel libro, un ampio apparato iconografico che unisce i...

A history of the late Roman Army from 250 - 500 AD covering the organization uniforms of the eastern and western Empires. This edition has over 150 color illustrations, many of which were made just for this book. It includes shield designs from the Notitia Dignitatum

Describes the evolution of military forces at the birth of Colonial North America, from first Jamestown Settlement to the end of the War of the Spanish Succession

In the 1840s, Italy was a patchwork of states. The North was ruled by the Austrian Empire, the South by the Spanish-descended monarchy of the Two Sicilies. Over the next two decades, after wars led by Savoy/Piedmont and volunteers such as Garibaldi, an independent Kingdom of Italy emerged. These conflicts saw foreign interventions and shifting alliances among minor states, and attracted a variety of local and foreign volunteers. This second vo...

The First Carlist War broke out after the death of King Ferdinand VII, the king restored at the end of the Peninsular War thanks to Wellington's victory. The crown was claimed by both his daughter Isabella, backed by the Liberal party and his brother Don Carlos, at the head of northern ultra-conservatives centered in the Basque provinces and Navarre. The Liberals or "Cristinos" were supported by a 10, 000-strong British Legion of volunteers le...

In the 1840s, post-Napoleonic Italy was 'a geographical expression'--not a country, but a patchwork of states. The north (Savoy/Piedmont, and Venice ) was ruled by Austria-Hungary, and most of the minor central states were more or less clients of Austria. From Naples, a Spanish-descended Bourbon monarchy ruled the south--'the Two Sicilies.' The European 'Year of Revolutions', 1848, saw popular uprisings against the regimes all over the peninsu...

The War of the Triple Alliance is the largest single conflict in the history of South America. This book analyzes the combatants of the four nations caught up in the war, telling the story of the men who fought on each side, illustrated with contemporary paintings, prints, and early photographs.

Examines the troops, uniforms and equipment used by the Chilean, Peruvian and Bolivian forces and traces the events of the war from the early naval blockades, through major pitched battles, to the final guerilla campaign in occupied Peru.

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Armies of the War of 1812 is a complete guide to the armies, weapons and uniforms of the conflicy, written by Gabriele Esposito and covering the US, British and Canadian forces that fought in the conflict, which is also known as the "Second War for Independence."With several hundred illustrations of uniforms worn by the combatants, it is a great addition to the collection of historians, wargamers and researchers of this period

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