John H. Gill is an Associate Professor on the faculty of the Near East – South Asia Center, part of the National Defense University in Washington DC. A former U.S. Army South Asia Foreign Area Officer, he retired as a colonel in 2005 after more than 27 years of active service.

Jack has contibuted an index for this new edition of Napoleonic Uniforms.

He is the author of With Eagles to Glory: Napoleon and His German Allies in the 1809 Campaign and the forthcoming 1809: Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon’s War With Austria, and editor of A Soldier for Napoleon.

Additionally he is the author of chapters, articles, and papers on Napoleonic military affairs presented to the Society for Military History and the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era.

His publications on South Asia include An Atlas of the 1971 India-Pakistan War, chapters on current Indian and Pakistani political-military affairs the 2003-04 and 2005-06 editions of Strategic Asia published by the National Bureau of Asian Research, and a chapter on U.S.-India military relations in U.S.-India Strategic Cooperation into the 21st Century.

He received his BA from Middlebury College in 1977 and his MA from The George Washington University in 1987.

Reviews for Jack Gill’s With Eagles to Glory:

“A book for the serious student of military history . . . The author must be congratulated for his meticulous research and attention to detail, which must make this a reference book for this particular campaign”

Brigadier R. J. Lewendon - Journal of the Royal Artillery

'An excellent and highly detailed account of the organisation and operation of all the German contingents that fought under Napoleon that year. We will look back upon this book as a model of research and presentation'

– The Bulletin of The Military Historical Society

“Fascinating and excellent . . . well written, an easy and entertaining read, packed with good solid information. If you haven't got a copy, buy one, if you can't buy one, borrow one”

– First Empire