{"product_id":"9781734581409","title":"J�ger: Europe's First Special Operations Forces: History, Organization, Arms \u0026 Equipment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's Elite Light Infantry to 1866","description":"\u003cp\u003eJäger were Europe's first special operations forces, and their success on the battlefield was legendary. Yet, until now, no modern account of Austria's elite Jäger troops in the 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e and 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e centuries has been available in either English or German.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a historian and a West Pointer with thirty-three years' service in the U.S. Army, including with paratroops, this book\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eintroduces readers to Austrian Jäger arms, equipment, training and tactics, as well as their unique role in the Habsburg Empire's conflicts. Carefully illustrated, with many images never before published, \u003cem\u003eJäger\u003c\/em\u003e transcends the standard unit history. General readers of military history as well as arms and militaria collectors will find a comprehensive treatment of its subject in rich context, including: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe emergence of the military Jäger from a culture of hunting and rifled arms \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe place of Austrian Jäger in the evolution of European light infantry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJäger in Austria's wars against Frederick the Great, Napoleon, Bismarck's Prussia and in the wars of Italian independence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJäger firearms and edged weapons\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAuthoritative information for collectors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJäger\u003c\/em\u003e, a too-long neglected chapter in European military history emerges from relative obscurity, challenging conventional academic wisdom and popular historical fancy about the origins of European elite light infantry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signal Horn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46430620057841,"sku":"9781734581409","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781734581409_p0.jpg?v=1765166155","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781734581409","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}