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Bonaparte / Correlli Barnett.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection DC203 .B25 1978
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnett, Correlli.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Napoleon.
- France--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- France.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Hill and Wang, 1978.
- Summary:
- "Argues that Bonaparte's forte as a commander was speed and aggressiveness; as a planner he was slapdash and neglectful of supply, and his armies starved and went barefoot long before the notorious Russian campaign. Far from mastering concentration of force on the battlefield, as often asserted, Bonaparte let his army be dispersed again and again, and was rescued from disaster only by the opportune arrival of desperately needed reinforcements. Napoleon Bonaparte and his imperial regime are seen as presaging much that is politically and socially characteristic of our own time. The author also regards Bonaparte as the first master of public relations: a manipulator of opinion and a creator of glamorous myths"-- provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 219) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0809030497
- 9780809030491
- OCLC:
- 3205442
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