* A military historian specialising in the Napoleonic era, John H.
Gill wrote the acclaimed With Eagles to Glory and edited A Soldier
for Napoleon. He has contributed numerous papers to the Consortium
on the Revolutionary Era. His 2009 trilogy _1809: Thunder of the
Danube_ won critical acclaim
* An associate professor at the Near South-East Asia Centre for
Strategic Studies in Washington DC, Gill has published extensively
on military history and contemporary security issues in India,
Pakistan and South Asia
* Gill received the John Elting Award from the Napoleonic History
Society for his contributions to the study of Napoleonic
history
* A retired US army colonel, Gill currently lives in Virginia with
his wife and two sons
"John Gill is the premier English-language expert on the War of
1809. His Thunder on the Danube trilogy is the best scholarly
treatment of this middle war between the high watermarks of 1805
and 1807 and the disaster of 1812. Little known and forgotten in
the Anglosphere, the War of 1809 was nevertheless brutal,
remarkable, and possibly Napoleon's greatest triumph during his
stint as Emperor of France and de facto hegemon of Europe.... Znaim
is a worthy single-volume study of the War of 1809 and its
culminating peace on a dreary July day after months of fighting and
blood-stained fields. There is a little bit of everything that a
Napoleonic enthusiast, amateur, or general historical reader might
wish for. Court politics. Brilliant maneuvers. Terrible battles.
Roaring cannons. Individual courage. Politics."
--MinervaWisdom.com
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