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Napoleon on war / edited by Bruno Colson ; translated by Gregory Elliott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, author.
- Colson, Bruno, author, compiler.
- Standardized Title:
- De la guerre. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Military leadership.
- Napoleon.
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- War.
- Strategy.
- Military art and science--France--History--19th century--Sources.
- Military art and science.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Sources.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
- History.
- Command of troops.
- France.
- Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831. Vom Kriege.
- Clausewitz, Carl von.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 484 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- On war
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- A systematic attempt to put Napoleon's thinking on war and strategy into a single volume. [Taken] from correspondence, other writings, and especially the notebooks of General Bertrand, the Emperor's companion on St. Helena--published here for the first time-- [annotated and] organized to follow the framework of Clausewitz's On war.
- Contents:
- Book I The Nature of War
- 1 What is War? 17
- 2 War and Law 28
- 3 Military Genius 40
- 4 On Danger in War 57
- 5 On Physical Effort in War 63
- 6 Intelligence in War 67
- 7 Friction in War 72
- Conclusion to Book I 77
- Book II The Theory of War
- 1 Classifications in the Art of War 81
- 2 On the Theory of War 86
- 3 Art of War or Science of War 98
- 4 Method and Routine 101
- 5 Critical Analysis 106
- 6 On Examples 109
- Conclusion to Book II 116
- Book III On Strategy in General
- 1 Strategy 121
- 2 Moral Factors 124
- 3 The Principal Moral Elements 130
- 4 Military Virtues of the Army 132
- 5 Boldness 141
- 6 Perseverance 143
- 7 Superiority of Numbers 145
- 8 Surprise 150
- 9 Cunning 153
- 10 Concentration of Forces in Space 156
- 11 Unification of Forces in Time 162
- 12 The Strategic Reserve 165
- 13 Economy of Force 167
- 14 The Character of Modern Warfare 169
- Conclusion to Book III 170
- Book IV The Engagement
- 1 The Nature of Battle Today 175
- 2 The Engagement in General 178
- 3 The Battle: Its Decision 186
- 4 Mutual Agreement co Fight 190
- 5 The Principal Battle: Its Decison 192
- 6 The Principal Battle: The Use of the Battle 195
- 7 Strategic Means of Exploiting Victory 199
- 8 Retreat after a Lost Battle 202
- Conclusion to Book IV 204
- Book V Military Forces
- 1 General Survey 209
- 2 Relationship between the Branches of the Military 210
- 3 The Army's Order of Battle 224
- 4 General Disposition of the Army 229
- 5 Advance Guards and Outposts 231
- 6 Operational Use of Advanced Corps 233
- 7 Camps 236
- 8 Marches 239
- 9 Supply 244
- 10 Lines of Communication and Lines of Operation 247
- 11 Region and Terrain 253
- Conclusion to Book V 255
- Book VI Defence
- 1 Attack and Defence 259
- 2 The Relationship between Attack and Defence in Tactics 261
- 3 The Relationship between Attack and Defence in Strategy 263
- 4 The Convergent Character of Attack and the Divergent Character of Defence 264
- 5 The Character of Strategic Defence 267
- 6 The Defensive Battle 269
- 7 Fortresses 270
- 8 Defensive Positions 277
- 9 Fortified Positions and Entrenched Camps 281
- 10 Defensive Mountain Warfare 285
- 11 Defence of Rivers and Streams 287
- 12 Defence of Swamps-Inundations 290
- 13 The Cordon 291
- 14 The Key to the Country 293
- 15 Retreat to the Interior of the Country 294
- 16 The People in Arms 296
- 17 Defence of a Theatre of War 299
- Conclusion to Book VI 305
- Book VII Attack
- 1 Attack in Relation to Defence 309
- 2 The Nature of Strategic Attack 310
- 3 The Offensive Battle 312
- 4 River Crossings 317
- 5 Attack on Defensive Positions 321
- 6 Attack on a Mountainous Area 324
- 7 Manoeuvre 327
- 8 Attack on Fortresses 332
- 9 Invasion 334
- Conclusion to Book VII 349
- Book VIII War Plans
- 1 The Plan of Campaign 353
- 2 The Military Objective and the Enemy's Centre of Gravity 357
- 3 War and Politics 363
- 4 The Supreme Commander and the Government 368
- 5 The War Plan when the Objective is the Destruction of the Enemy 372
- Conclusion to Book VIII 377.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Napoléon: De la guerre. Perrin, 2011.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-469) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199685561
- 0199685568
- OCLC:
- 910177723
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