George F. Nafziger, PhD, Captain USNR-Ret. earned his BA and MBA at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and his PhD From the Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio. His first book, ""Napoleon's Invasion of Russia"", was published in 1988 and was the first of a series of works on the Napoleonic Era. He has served as a Director of the Napoleonic Society of America and the Napoleonic Alliance. He is a fellow of the Le Souvenir Napoléonienne Internationale, and runs the Nafziger Collection, Inc., a publishing house specializing in military history. He served in the US Navy for 4 years and a further 20 in the US Navy Reserves. He did two tours to Vietnam and experienced combat firsthand.
...this is a very valuable account of this campaign, well researched and including all of the details I wished I'd had access to when I was writing my own articles on this topic, and it will allow me to go back and fill in many gaps. -- History of War ... [Wargamers] will definitely want to purchase this book - if they do not already possess the original edition. -- Miniature Wargames Dr. Nafziger has put another feather in his cap with this book. He is able to move seamlessly from the political to the military sphere. He also effortlessly goes from the strategic to the tactical without missing a beat or losing the reader... The book goes from the back drop of the 1812 Campaign to the armistice in early June 1813. The author is able to take the reader to the battles and councils of both sides of the conflict and bring them both to life for the reader. -- A Wargamers Needful Things This is a useful book for enthusiasts for the Napoloenic period. - *Listed in Military History Monthly's round up of the best military history titles for January 2018* -- Military History Monthly