Napoleonic Wars (Smithsonian History of Warfare)

Name: Napoleonic Wars (Smithsonian History of Warfare)
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ISBN: 9780060851217

ISBN-10: 006085121X

ISBN-13: 9780060851217

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gunther Rothenberg

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This vividly illustrated history of the Napoleonic Wars documents the wars' origins in the French Revolution, narrates Napoleon's victories at Austerlitz and Jena, and concludes with his defeats in the Iberian peninsula, Russia, and finally at Waterloo. Author Gunther E. Rothenberg describes how Napoleon transformed interstate warfare into a system of relentless conquest, creating a military superpower on a scale not seen since the Roman Empire. Though eventually defeated, Napoleon's model of conquest set a pattern that was to be revived by modern totalitarian states, and their opponents. A sweeping examination of the rise, triumph, and eventual downfall of Napoleon, a man whose…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 1/31/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Map list


Chronology


Introduction: The Napoleonic Wars in the History of Warfare



The Transformation of War and the Emergence of Napoleon Bonaparte



Egypt, the Second Coalition and the Grande Armee



The Years of Victory 1805-7



The Grande Armee, Spain and the Habsburg Recovery 1807-9



The Peninsular War: Wellington and the Guerrillas 1809-13



Russia, Germany and France 1812-14



The Waterloo Campaign 1815


Epilogue: Napoleon's system of War


Biographical notes


Further reading


Index


Picture credits