The campaigns of Napoleon /
Chandler, David G.
The campaigns of Napoleon / David G. Chandler. - London : Wedienfeld and Nicolson, 1966. - xliii, 1172 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1143-1150).
Apprenticeship to arms -- In search of a reputation -- Napoleon's art of war -- Oriental interlude: the six acres of land -- Toward the summit: the conspirator and peacemaker -- The works of peace and the road to war -- From the Rhine to the Danube -- Rossbach avenged -- Winter war -- Spring recovery -- Peninsular intrigues -- Hapsburgs resurgent: the last success -- The road to Moscow -- Retreat -- Twilight: the struggle of the nations -- "La patrie en danger" -- The compaign of the hundred days.
Describes every campaign and every battle which Napoleon personally conducted. It contains descriptions of tactics, logistics, topography, weaponry, casualties, the roles of individuals under Napoleon's command or against him. Has pull-out map of Napoleon's 1798 voyage to Egypt and Nelson's chase.
0297748300 9780297748304
84136026
GB84013026
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
1789-1815
Europe--History--1789-1815.
France--History, Military--1789-1815.
History
Military history.
DC151 / .C36
The campaigns of Napoleon / David G. Chandler. - London : Wedienfeld and Nicolson, 1966. - xliii, 1172 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1143-1150).
Apprenticeship to arms -- In search of a reputation -- Napoleon's art of war -- Oriental interlude: the six acres of land -- Toward the summit: the conspirator and peacemaker -- The works of peace and the road to war -- From the Rhine to the Danube -- Rossbach avenged -- Winter war -- Spring recovery -- Peninsular intrigues -- Hapsburgs resurgent: the last success -- The road to Moscow -- Retreat -- Twilight: the struggle of the nations -- "La patrie en danger" -- The compaign of the hundred days.
Describes every campaign and every battle which Napoleon personally conducted. It contains descriptions of tactics, logistics, topography, weaponry, casualties, the roles of individuals under Napoleon's command or against him. Has pull-out map of Napoleon's 1798 voyage to Egypt and Nelson's chase.
0297748300 9780297748304
84136026
GB84013026
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
1789-1815
Europe--History--1789-1815.
France--History, Military--1789-1815.
History
Military history.
DC151 / .C36