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Guibert : father of Napoleon's Grande Armée / Jonathan Abel.
Van Pelt Library DC135.G85 A25 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abel, Jonathan, 1985- author.
- Series:
- Campaigns and commanders
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Guibert, Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, comte de, 1743-1790.
- Guibert, Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte.
- France. Armée. Grande Armée.
- France.
- Military scientists--France--Biography.
- Military scientists.
- Military art and science--France--History--18th century.
- Military art and science.
- Generals--France--Biography.
- Generals.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 278 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Father of Napoleon's Grande Armée
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "A scholarly examination of the life and career of Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, comte de Guibert, the foremost military theorist in France, between 1770 and his death in 1790"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The evolving French Army
- Guibert's early life in the twilight of the Old Regime
- The Essai general de tactique
- La gloire par tous les chemins
- The Council of War under Saint-Germain
- War, home, and abroad
- Commencement d'une vie nouvelle
- Guibert's revolution
- The father of the Grande Armée.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806154435
- 0806154438
- OCLC:
- 942745155
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