| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Warfare and history |
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Warfare and history.
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| Contents |
The eighteenth century : the French military and its enemies : the Revolution begins -- The Revolution and war : first campaigns, 1789-93 -- The terror : politics and army reform, 1793-94 -- The terror and war, July 1793-July 1794 -- The government of Thermidor and establishment of the Directory, July 1794-October 1795 -- War in Italy and Germany, 1796-97 -- Egypt and the coup d'état de Brumaire, 1798-99 -- Marengo and the Grande Armée, 1800-05 -- Subduing the European powers : Austerlitz-Jena-Auerstädt-Friedland, 1805-07 -- "That miserable Spanish affair" : the Peninsular War, 1808-13 -- The Wagram campaign, 1809, the empire reaches its height, 1810 -- The Russian campaign, 1812 -- Campaigns of Germany and France, 1813-14 -- The Hundred Days and Waterloo, 1815 |
| Summary |
"In this essential addition to French military history, Owen Connelly examines both the wars of the French Revolution between 1792 and 1799, and those of Napoleon between 1800 and 1815. Arguing that the importance and drama of the Revolutionary Wars have been neglected, and that the unceasing cut-throat politics that continued into the Napoleonic era has been overlooked, this analysis examines the two eras together to provide a broader context for warfare |
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Connelly demonstrates how the wars of the Revolution shaped Napoleon as a military leader and how the practices of warfare developed and deployed during this period were to influence modes of combat throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, establishing trends discernible in the First and Second World Wars."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-259) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Napoleon (Frankreich, Kaiser, I.) swd |
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First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797.
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Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801.
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Koalitionskriege
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Napoleonische Kriege
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| SUBJECT |
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051319
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France -- History, Military -- 1789-1815.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051433
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Europe -- History, Military -- 1789-1815.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97004936
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| Subject |
Europe
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France
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005009602 |
| ISBN |
9781134552900 |
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1134552904 |
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9780203965948 |
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0203965949 |
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0415239842 |
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9780415239844 |
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0415239834 |
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9780415239837 |
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1283642522 |
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9781283642521 |
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