Dr Michael V. Leggiere is an Associate Professor of History at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. He received his PhD from Florida State University in April 1997 after studying at the Institute of the French Revolution and Napoleon under the direction of D. D. Howard. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Policy for the United States Naval War College's Distance Education program, where he teaches strategy and policy during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. His book, Napoleon and Berlin: The Franco-Prussian War in North Germany, 1813 (2002), the first volume of the Campaigns and Commanders series, won the Societe Napoleonienne Internationale's 2002 Literary Award. Dr Leggiere has published numerous essays on various aspects of Napoleonic history, Prussian military history, and the German Wars of Liberation. His article, "From Berlin to Leipzig: Napoleon's Gamble in North Germany, 1813," which appeared in the January 2003 volume of the Journal of Military History, won the Society for Military History's 2004 Moncado Prize for Excellence in the Writing of Military History. In 2005 he received la Societe Napoleonienne Internationale Legion of Merit Award for Outstanding Contributions to Napoleonic Sciences.