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The first total war : Napoleon's Europe and the birth of warfare as we know it / David A. Bell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bell, David A. (David Avrom)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Military leadership.
- Napoleon.
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
- Command of troops.
- France--History, Military--1789-1815.
- France.
- History, Military.
- Europe--History, Military--1789-1815.
- Europe.
- Military history, Modern.
- War and society--History.
- War and society.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 420 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2007.
- Summary:
- As Bell argues in this tour de force of interpretive history, nearly every modern aspect of war took root during the Enlightenment and the French Revolution: conscription, unconditional surrender, total disregard for the rules of combat, mobilization of civilians, guerrilla warfare, and the perverse notion of war fought for the sake of peace.
- Contents:
- Officers, gentlemen, and poets
- Conscience, commerce, and history
- Declaring peace; declaring war
- The last crusade
- The exterminating angels
- The lure of the eagle
- Days of glory
- War's red altar.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [360]-396) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0618349650
- OCLC:
- 70335302
- Publisher Number:
- 9780618349654
- Online:
- Publisher description
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