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Author Muir, Rory, 1962- author

Title Tactics and the experience of battle in the age of Napoleon / Rory Muir
Published New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (x, 342 pages) : illustrations
Contents Ch. 1. The Eve of Battle -- Ch. 2. Battles and Battlefields -- Ch. 3. Artillery -- Ch. 4. Light Infantry -- Ch. 5. Infantry Combat -- Ch. 6. Cavalry Combat -- Ch. 7. The Role of the General -- Ch. 8. Subordinate Commanders, Staff Officers and ADCs -- Ch. 9. Regimental Officers -- Ch. 10. Morale and Cohesion -- Ch. 11. Attitudes and Feelings -- Ch. 12. Victory or Defeat? -- Ch. 13. After the Fighting
Summary Muir studies memoirs, diaries, and letters of the time to produce a work that deals with military history, European history, and the psychology of combat
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Knowledge -- Military art and science
SUBJECT Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 fast
Subject Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns.
Military art and science -- France -- History -- 19th century
Tactics.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
HISTORY -- General.
Military art and science
Military campaigns
Tactics
Napoleonische Kriege
Rezeption
Taktik
Napoleontische oorlogen.
Krijgskunde.
Militairen.
France
Frankreich
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780300147681
0300147686