Katrin Möbius is a historian, specialising in linguistic, life-world and psycho-historic aspects of power structures from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century. She has published articles on 18th and 19th-century military history in English, Spanish, and German journals. Sascha Möbius is a historian, specialising in the history of organised violence, political repression and power structures from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century. Amongst his publications are numerous books and articles on military history of the 18th and 19th centuries in English, Spanish and German.

Rather than being of interest only to military historians, this book is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the social and cultural backgrounds of Prussian soldiers in the eighteenth century, as well as their psychological emotions in battle ... the Möbiuses' book is thoroughly well researched and provides an anglophone audience with access to a great wealth of Prussian primary source material.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgments 1. Introduction2. Drill on the Job: About a Soldiers' Brain3. Between ‘Emasculating Fear’ and ‘Heat’: Emotions and Psychology in Combat4. The Components of Prussian Honour: What Made the Men Fight?5. Summary6. Appendix I7. Appendix IIGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Katrin Möbius is a historian, specialising in linguistic, life-world and psycho-historic aspects of power structures from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century. She has published articles on 18th and 19th-century military history in English, Spanish, and German journals. Sascha Möbius is a historian, specialising in the history of organised violence, political repression and power structures from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century. Amongst his publications are numerous books and articles on military history of the 18th and 19th centuries in English, Spanish and German.

Rather than being of interest only to military historians, this book is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the social and cultural backgrounds of Prussian soldiers in the eighteenth century, as well as their psychological emotions in battle ... the Möbiuses' book is thoroughly well researched and provides an anglophone audience with access to a great wealth of Prussian primary source material.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgments 1. Introduction2. Drill on the Job: About a Soldiers' Brain3. Between ‘Emasculating Fear’ and ‘Heat’: Emotions and Psychology in Combat4. The Components of Prussian Honour: What Made the Men Fight?5. Summary6. Appendix I7. Appendix IIGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Katrin Möbius is a historian, specialising in linguistic, life-world and psycho-historic aspects of power structures from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century. She has published articles on 18th and 19th-century military history in English, Spanish, and German journals. Sascha Möbius is a historian, specialising in the history of organised violence, political repression and power structures from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century. Amongst his publications are numerous books and articles on military history of the 18th and 19th centuries in English, Spanish and German.

Rather than being of interest only to military historians, this book is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the social and cultural backgrounds of Prussian soldiers in the eighteenth century, as well as their psychological emotions in battle ... the Möbiuses' book is thoroughly well researched and provides an anglophone audience with access to a great wealth of Prussian primary source material.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgments 1. Introduction2. Drill on the Job: About a Soldiers' Brain3. Between ‘Emasculating Fear’ and ‘Heat’: Emotions and Psychology in Combat4. The Components of Prussian Honour: What Made the Men Fight?5. Summary6. Appendix I7. Appendix IIGlossaryBibliographyIndex