James Arnold, whom most of us know from his work on 1809, has just published a new book on the 1806-1807 Campaign. It looks very promising and the campaign certainly needs a fresh look. Although the book is not available on the Amazon, it is available at http://www.napoleonbooks.com/

James R. Arnold & Ralph R. Reinertsen. Crisis In The Snows: Russia Confronts Napoleon -The Eylau Campaign 1806-1807, 470 pages, 37 maps, 53 illustrations and 8 appendices

Description
Using primary sources gleaned from libraries and archives in Europe and the United States, Crisis in the Snows removes the shroud of Napoleon's propaganda to portray the demoralizing reality of the winter campaign in Poland. Napoleon's Grande Armée is revealed not as a smoothly oiled machine but rather a war-weary force whose soldiers doubted that France's security required a march into Poland. Yet, when summoned to battle by a man who possessed a unique capacity to inspire French self-sacrifice, Napoleon's soldiers repeatedly displayed prodigies of valor.

Previous accounts have relied upon German historians whose goal was to rewrite the history of Prussia's inglorious 1806 collapse, Bennigsen's self-admiring memoirs, or British propagandists. Russia's warriors have passed into history as walking muskets; stupid, inflexible, but brave and led by inept officers. Crisis in the Snows gives voice to the Russian experience during a pivotal campaign and portrays a very different reality.

Well illustrated with portraits, drawings, paintings and maps, and supplemented with detailed appendices on the strengths and composition of the rival forces, Crisis in the Snows provides a novel interpretation of the 1806-1807 campaign that foreshadows the well-known disaster of 1812.

Best wishes,

Alex