A compact study of the Peninsular Army that blends tactical and strategic discussion with close attention to organization, daily life, and morale. It profiles the commander and his principal subordinates, compares infantry, cavalry, and artillery practice, and explains regimental, brigade, and headquarters structure. Additional chapters describe marches, baggage and camp followers, discipline and courts-martial, sieges, uniforms and weapons, the commissariat, and spiritual life. The volume draws on diaries and memoirs to illuminate the experience of officers and rank-and-file and includes appendices listing formations and a bibliography of contemporary accounts.