Napoleonic warfare : the operational art of the great campaigns / John T. Kuehn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuehn, John T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.

Operational art (Military science)--History--19th century.

Operational art (Military science).

First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797--Campaigns.

First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797.

Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801--Campaigns.

Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801.

History.

Military campaigns.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]

Contents:

Operational art

The War of the First Coalition and the birth of modern operational art

Coalition operational art in 1799: Suvorov and Masséna in Italy and Switzerland

Artists of the waves: the Royal Navy, Nelson, and operational art at sea

Napoleon ascendant: Jomini and Clausewitz in harmony

The empires strike back: symmetry returns to the operational level of war

Napoleonic total war in Spain and Russia: 1810-1812

Operational art and the campaign of 1813

Epilogue: the twilight of Napoleonic operational art: France 1814 and Waterloo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781440833076

1440833079

OCLC:

895731394