Treatise on Partisan Warfare

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This translation of Johann Ewald's classic essay, "Abhandlung Ueber den Kleinen Krieg", published in 1785, describes light infantry tactics in an era of heavy infantry formations. The translators comment on Ewald's treatise on partisan warfare and its relevance to current military doctrine. They also provide notations with the text, explaining people, places and events during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, in which Ewald had extensive experience as a company commander in the Hessian Field Jaeger Corps. Captain Ewald, who became a Major General in the Danish Army, describes the recruiting and training of light infantry troops, and discusses at length their use in both the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution.

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It is a well-written and enlightening work, and the editors have produced a translation that is highly readable and impressive for its scholarship. ...a welcome addition to the body of literature concerning light infantry and its employment. ...The editors have done a masterful job of bringing to life the historical figure and the ideas of Johann Ewald.-Special Warfare
"It is a well-written and enlightening work, and the editors have produced a translation that is highly readable and impressive for its scholarship. ...a welcome addition to the body of literature concerning light infantry and its employment. ...The editors have done a masterful job of bringing to life the historical figure and the ideas of Johann Ewald."-Special Warfare

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ROBERT A. SELIG is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Hope College. He has published a number of scholarly articles dealing with eighteenth-century German-American history. German is his first language. DAVID CURTIS SKAGGS is Professor of Military History and Strategy at the Air War College. He has written a number of publications on the history of the American Revolutionary era and on military history. He also served as Command Historian, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany. His books include Roots of Maryland Democracy, 1753-1776 (Greenwood, 1973), and he is co-editor of In Defense of the Republic: Readings in American Military History.