No period has attracted more wargamers than the Napoleonic Wars, yet there has been a dearth of available information explaining how armies were actually organized in the early 19th century. Ray Johnsons study fills this considerable gap and is devoted to the development of the organizational aspects of the protagonists of the Napoleonic Wars. The period covered begins in 1805 with the crowning of Napoleon as Emperor and ends in 1815 with his defeat at Waterloo. Stage by stage the reader is taken through an immensely complex subject in a sure and understandable fashion. A total of 25 different armies are covered in the process, from corps to company level; those of France, Netherlands, Italy, Naples, Westphalia, Poland, Bavaria, Baden, Wurttemburg, Saxony, Berg, Hesse-Darmstadt, Nassau, Hansa States, Rhine, Denmark, Austria-Hungary, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, Hesse-Cassel, Brunswick, Portugal, Britain, Hanover and Switzerland. Ray Johnson is a wargamer of great repute in North America and his whole approach embodied in this detailed work is one that the wargaming fraternity is sure to appreciate and find of immense value.