Interview with George Nafziger

[Cole]

Maybe off-topic post for this forum but:

"One thing about published authors – Just because you find it in print doesn’t mean it’s correct." That's a double edged sword statement. Imperial Bayonets is nothing but bunk and never was revised. His Napoleonic OOBs are full of incorrect data as well. Both of you should re-read what Siborne actually modelled and how he arrived at the model. It wasn't pro-British enough and so the "Great Man" shot him down leaving Siborne destitute.

Now his compilations on WW2 OOBs are excellent and we owe him alot for donating his work to the DoD and having it open sourced. Certainly a man who's brain I'd like to pick just not concerning his role as the director of the Napoleonic Society of America.

Geoff,

Thanks for your comments on the WW post.  I haven't dived into Siborne's story and my question to Nafziger outlined what I understood Hamilton-William's argument to be (i.e. Siborne slanting results to the British). 

By Great Man, I believe you mean Wellington so this is an interesting topic to follow up on for some later post.

Hopefully, your comment generates some discussion.

I managed to slide in a question from Jason asking if he planned to revise some of his work in light of recent scholarship.  Quick answer was he used what was available at the time and doesn't plan to go back.