Rear Guard Action

Another couple of books I read the past moths were triggered by plans for some medieval wargaming. Somebody suggested that we should try the...

This is a very nice book on a forgotten colonial war that the Netherlands started without good reason and only ended with the arrival of a...

A colleague of mine gave me this interesting little book. When he read my Waterloo book he revealed that he’d done a documentary in 2011 o...

First a note to my English readers: by exception this post is partly in Dutch. A translation is provided below. Niet vaak dat je zo...

First book read this year! Chance encounter in 2nd hand. Very readable military autobiography of early 19th century. Koch was born in...

Also in, this great book on the Dutch army under the Kingdom of Holland. This period was the last step between the foundation of a Batavian ...

One of those instances where work and hobby coincide! A few weeks ago I considered doing a tweet with a thematic map to commemorate the birt...

De Adelaar En Het Lam: Onrust, Opruiing En Onwilligheid In Nederland Ten Tijde Van Het Koninkrijk Holland En De Inlijving Bij Het Franse K...

Last Saturday by some coincidence I biked all the way from Leiden to Houten, a distance of some 73 km. It was a pretty epic endeavour from m...

If you have any interest in Waterloo the one thing you have to do in the next few months is go to Dordrecht and visit the exhibition on the ...

In the Wake of Napoleon: The Dutch in Time of War 1792-1815 by Mark van Hatten My rating: 3 of 5 stars Book written around items f...

Ongewilde revolutie. Limburgs Maasland onder Frankrijk by Ubachs, P.J.H. My rating: 4 of 5 stars A case study of the Nedermaas de...

Officieren aan het woord. De geschiedenis van de Militaire Spectator 1832-2007 by Ben Schoenmaker My rating: 3 of 5 stars Precurs...

Mattijs Lok: Windvanen. Napoleontische Bestuurders in de Nederlandse en Franse Restauratie (1813-1820) A study of the political survival o...

In December 1813 the British cabinet decided to create a force to operate in the Low Countries to assure that the area came under friendly ...

There's a bunch of books I hope to be reading this month in five groups:   The biographies of Willem I and Willem II regarding th...

Napoleon's Overseas Army by René Chartrand My rating: 3 of 5 stars Broad description of the dress and actions of French colonia...

Kopstukken uit de krijgsmacht. Nederlandse vlag- en opperofficieren 1815-1955 by Teitler, G. My rating: 2 of 5 stars Collection of ...

Met man en macht. De militaire geschiedenis van Nederland 1550-2000 by Jaap Bruijn My rating: 3 of 5 stars Handbook, good scientifi...

Wisselend lot in een woelige tijd; van Hogendorp, Krayenhoff, Chasse en Kanssens, generaals in Bataafs-Franse dienst by Leo Turksma My ...