French Infantry during the Seven Years War 1756-1763 Volume 2 Regimental Distinctions and Colours: Part Two: French Regiments No.75 to No.105, and For [Paperback]

If you are looking for a reference for 7YW French infantry uniforms, Volume 2 will be a big help. Volume 1 [from this same series] would be a good idea, too.  Historical Miniatures Gaming SocietyThis second volume of French Infantry During the Seven Years War 1756-1763 covers the regiments, and especially their uniforms and distinctions. This is the first comprehensive publication on the state of the French infantry during the Seven Years War, with a complete study of all contemporary sources, such as the Etat militaires from 1754 to 1763, contemporary manuscripts, publications, and artworks. This book brings together a whole range of documents to form a reference work on the evolution of French infantry uniforms during the Seven Years War. Richly illustrated, this book will be useful to all researchers of the military history of the Seven Years War, re-enactors, wargamers and miniature painters.Part 2 of Volume 2 covers French infantry regiments from  75, and also the many foreign regiments in French service.This second volume of French Infantry During the Seven Years War 1756-1763 covers the regiments, and especially their uniforms and distinctions.The From Reason to Revolution series covers the period of military history c. 17211815, an era in which fortress-based strategy and linear battles gave way to the nation-in-arms and the beginnings of total war.This era saw the evolution and growth of light troops of all arms, and of increasingly flexible command systems to cope with the growing armies fielded by nations able to mobilise far greater proportions of their manpower than ever before. Many of these developments were fired by the great political upheavals of the era, with revolutions in America and France bringing about social change which in turn fed back into the military sphere as whole nations readied themselves for war. Only in the closing years of the period, as the reactionary powers began to regain the upper hand, did a military synthesis of thlÃ(