Alexander Querengässer studied history and archaeology at the University of Leipzig and later read for his PhD at the University of Potsdam with a work about the Saxon Army in the Great Northern War. He now works as a freelance historian and has published a number of books, dealing with military history from late medieval time to the 20th century. He also is the editor of the series "BeiträgezurGeschichte des Militärs in Sachsen".

The War of the Bavarian Succession (1778-1779) was the last confrontation between the Prussia of Frederick the Great and the Austrians, in which the Prussian king was unable to force his enemies to battle. This is the first modern study of this conflict.