Napoleon's Italian campaigns : 1805-1815 / Frederick C. Schneid ; foreword by Gunther E. Rothenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneid, Frederick C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Military leadership.

Napoleon.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Italy.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.

Italy--History--1789-1815.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 229 pages) : maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars raged in Italy for 23 years. In that time, no fewer than eight campaigns involving hundred of thousands of troops were mounted in the Italian peninsula, as France and Austria struggled over this secondary, but still vitally important theater of war. As Frederick Schneid demonstrates in this groundbreaking work, control of Italy was rightly seen by Napoleon as an important means of applying strategic pressure on the Austrians, while simultaneously providing security for France's vulnerable southern flank. As the first in-depth consideration of the struggle for strategically key region, this book places the Italian campaigns into their proper historical context.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Gunther E. Rothenberg ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Prologue: Italy, Wars, and Geography xv

Part I. The Conquest of the Italian Peninsula, 1805-1806

Chapter 1. The Armies and Their Generals 3

Chapter 2. Planning, Preparations, and Opening Moves 15

Chapter 3. The Battle of Caldiero 27

Chapter 4. The Conquest of Naples 47

Part II. The Defense of Italy, 1809

Chapter 5. Armies, Generals, and Strategy in 1809 59

Chapter 6. From Sacile to the Piave and Beyond 69

Chapter 7. Raab and Wagram 85

Part III. The Fall of Napoleonic Italy, 1813-1815

Chapter 8. Rebuilding the Armies 103

Chapter 9. From War Plans to War 115

Chapter 10. The Battle of the Mincio 127

Chapter 11. Murat's Hundred Days 145

Epilogue: War from Italy 155

Appendix I. Orders of Battle, 1805-1806 161

Appendix II. Orders of Battle, 1809 179

Appendix III. Orders of Battle, 1813-1814 193

Appendix IV. Orders of Battle, 1815 201

Appendix V. Maps 209

Bibliography 219

Index 223.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-222) and index.

ISBN:

9798400689307

9786610315024

9781280315022

1280315024

9780313010606

0313010609

OCLC:

614624014